From: Thomas Roell (roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de)
Date: 07/27/92


From: roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell)
Subject: Re: 110 MHz Tseng 4k card from Tseng Labs (selfhelp in desiding on card/monitor combo)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 06:49:36 GMT


>But what is magic with 1152x900 (sun uses it?)? On most screens that
>dosn't give square pixels. My monitor has 3/2 form factor, and is
>limited to 57kHz horizontaly. I want square pixels, so after
>calculating a bit 1120x746 seems to be ideal for my card/monitor
>combination. Figuring out what my dot clock is and my vertical refresh
>is left as an exercise for the reader :-) (easy pie!)

Well, 1152 is dividable by 32 (which is great for monochrome
resolutions). That would leave around 910 pixels vertically. And maybe
1152x900 gives on SUN monitors square pixels ...

- Thomas