At 10:39 -0400 on 18/10/02, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 09:45:51PM -0400, the pickle wrote:
>
>> That's the 8*24 unless it has two VRAM slots, in which case it's the 4*8.
>> Either way, it needs a monitor that can do sync on green, which your VGA
>> adapter can't provide, and its only resolution is 640x480.
>
>I have been told this many times, and read it on quite a few Mac sites.
>However, my Sony 400PS seems to display Mac video just fine.
>
>Is this just because Sony makes sure their monitors can handle Mac video?

Sony monitors typically use sync on green when needed.  Most other companies
didn't bother building this capability in.
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