Video Subsystem

Video Subsystem

The video subsystem consists of the XGA video controller and video random-access memory (VRAM). The video subsystem supports an

IBM thin-film transistor (TFT) as follows:

 

 

Color

Depth

 

Resolution

 

 

LCD

VRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the

On the

On the

On

the

Type

Size

External

External

LCD

 

LCD

 

 

 

Display

Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

640 ×480

XGA TFT

 

 

 

 

 

800

×600

2 MB

65,536

 

16,777,216

1024×768

1024×768

 

 

 

 

 

 

1280 ×1024

 

 

 

 

 

 

1600 ×1200

The video subsystem also supports PS/2 analog displays without any additional adapters.

Note: Use

of

any video

subsystem

features not documented in this

book

can

result in

future incompatibility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color

 

 

 

Resolution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

640

×480

 

65,536

colors

 

800

×600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1024×768

 

16,777,216 colors

 

640

×480

 

 

 

 

 

 

800

×600

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-2 Subsystems

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IBM 770 manual Video Subsystem, Note Use, Subsystems