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Re: IIGS mass storage ideas



In <1136852299.835445.107240@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> David Wilson 
wrote:
> Smohn Jith wrote:
>> Aren't VGA monitors digital and the //gs output analog?
> 
> No, VGA is analog just like the IIgs. CGA and EGA were digital - CGA
> was 4 bit (16 color) RGBI while EGA has 2 bits each of R G & B giving 
> 6 bit (64 colors).

I've got an old magazine somewhere around here advertising a digital RGB 
monitor that could display 4096 colours. That means 12 lines for the 
colour signals! I've never heard of computer or video card that had 
digital output past 64 colours though.

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