[plug] Setting up a monitor

[Matt Kemner]

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 cthart at gbs.com.au wrote:

> Also, how do pixel depths come into it?
> 
> If I change 32bit to 24bit, does it need a new modeline entry?

No, the screen will still refresh at the same rate, the only thing that
the pixel depth affects (and vice versa) is the amount of video RAM you
have.
To work out how much video RAM you need for a given resolution/depth just
multiply the resolution by the number of bits.
eg 1024x768 at 24bit:
 1024x768x24=18874368 bits
          /8=2359296 Bytes
       /1024=2304 kBytes (2.25MB)

Sounds like I better start preparing for this talk then :)

 - Matt