Toshiba M30 - Manual (Page 177)

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Appendix B
Display Controller and
Modes
Display controller
The display controller interprets software commands into hardware commands that
turn particular pels on or off.
The controller is an advanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) that provides Wide
Extended Graphics Array (WXGA) support for the internal LCD and external
monitors.
The WXGA screen consists of 1280 x 800 pixels.
A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display up to
2048 horizontal and 1536 vertical pixels at 16 M colors.
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 and SVGA modes, the most
widely used industry standards.