From: c60b-3jl@web-3h.berkeley.edu (James Wang)
Subject: Re: Calling all Mac gurus
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In article <1qvs9t$q3f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Charles P. Cox, Jr. <cox@snowhite.eeap.cwru.edu> writes:
>Question for those familiar with Quadra VRAM:

>I put 2 256K VRAM SIMMs in my Quadra 700 (in the 2 slots closest to the
>RAM SIMM slots) and I got no results whatsoever.  I have been told that
>the built-in video should support at least 16bit and maybe 24bit color on
>a Macintosh Color Display.  However, the Monitors control panel still
>lists 8bit (256 colors) as the highest possible.

the Q700 will only do 8bit or 24bit color.  if you want the higher
color depth, it's 2MB's of VRAM altogether for a monitor up to 16".

for a 21" monitor, you can get 8bit max.

hope this answers your questions.

James Wang.
