Toshiba PT930 Display Controller and Modes

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Display Controller and
Modes
Display controller
The display controller interprets software commands into hardware commands that
turn particular pels on or off.
The controller is an advanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) that provides Super
VGA (SVGA) and Extended Graphics Array (XGA), Super Extended Graphics Array
(SXGA), Super Extended Graphics Array plus (SXGA+), support for the internal
LCD and external monitors.
Two models are available:
14.1" XGA, 1024 horizontal x 768 vertical pixels
14.1" SXGA+, 1400 horizontal x 1050 vertical pixels
NOTE: Because of the LCD’s increased resolution, lines may appear
broken in DOS mode.
A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display up to
2048 horizontal and 1536 vertical pixels at up to 16M colors.
The display controller also controls the video mode, which uses industry standard
rules to govern the screen resolution and the maximum number of colors that can be
displayed on screen.
Software written for a given video mode will run on any computer that supports the
mode.
The computer’s display controller supports all VGA and SVGA modes, the most
widely used industry standards.