User’s Manual
B-1
Appendix B
Display Controller
Display controller
The display controller interprets software commands into hardware
commands that turn particular pels on or off.
A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display
up to 1920 horizontal and 1200 vertical pixels at 16 M colors. (Depends on
the model you purchased.)
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 modes, the most widely
used industry standards.
Some of display modes might not be supported depending on the external
monitor which you use.
