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From: shof... Scot A Hoffman
Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 03:20

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In <2qsf34$7...@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au> tyj_...@kurtz.eee.utas.edu.au (Joseph Chew) writes:

>Dylan Nicolle (dnic...@tcsgi.mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us) wrote:

>: What about the 640*400*256 mode? or how bout the 320*400*256 mode?
>: Actually, doom is a MCGA game, not vga. Yeah i know, big deal. But the 
>: oficial name for the 320*200*256 modem has always been MCGA. VGA usually 
>: meant 640*480*16.
>: -- 
ACTUALLY Mcga does support the 13h which is the 320x200x256.  Mcga lacks
any 16 color modes except text and any high resolution except 
640x480x2.  VGA stands for a GROUP of modes not just the one mentioned 
above, but including the 13h.


-- 
Scot Hoffman
shof...@iastate.edu

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