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Appendix E Display Controller and Modes

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Satellite Pro A10 Series Display Controller and Modes Appendix E 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 Extended Graphics Array (XGA) support for the internal LCD and external monitors. A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display up to 1920 horizontal and 1440 vertical pixels at 16 M 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 the 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. Video modes The computer supports video modes defined in the tables below. If your application offers a selection of mode numbers that do not match the numbers on the table, select a mode based on mode type, resolution, character matrix, number of colours and refresh rates. Also, if your software supports both graphics and text modes, the screen display may appear to operate faster using a text mode. USsaeterl'lsiteMParnouAa1l0 Series EE-1

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Display Controller and Modes
Appendix E
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
Extended Graphics Array (XGA) support for the internal LCD and external
monitors.
A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display
up to 1920 horizontal and 1440 vertical pixels at 16 M 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 the 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.
Video modes
The computer supports video modes defined in the tables below. If your
application offers a selection of mode numbers that do not match the
numbers on the table, select a mode based on mode type, resolution,
character matrix, number of colours and refresh rates. Also, if your
software supports both graphics and text modes, the screen display may
appear to operate faster using a text mode.
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