Howie S wrote: >on 8/12/02 9:14 PM, Steve Hardy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>I noticed that too. Looks like they get quite a bit for old stuff >>sometimes. I was tempted by the dual processor thing tho, but my S900 >>isn't really mine anymore. As its purpose was to give to my sister-in >>-law, that's where it is now. But she's promised to give it back when >>she needs something newer. >> >>I still have a C500 tho. Is it possible up get more than 256 colors on >>this? what do I have to do? >> >> > >Hi Steve, > >I shouldn't be touching on C500 questions, as I've never even seen one, but >what the hell. Depending on your monitor size and the resolution it's being >run at... the measly 1 mb of VRAM on the board might only be capable of 256 >colors. > >Pick yourself up a cheap video card, even an old TwinTurbo 4 mb card, and >you'll have millions of colors, even at 1024x768 resolution. > >-Howie > > > > > So it isn't a matter of putting in more vid RAM like on an Apple? OK I was just surprised that a machine of this power would only be capable of 256 colors.
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