Toshiba Satellite M40 (PSM40) - Manual (Page 174)

User’s Manual B-1
TOSHIBA Satellite M40
Appendix B
Display Controller and Modes
Display controller
The display controller interprets software commands into hardware
commands that turn particular picture elements (pels) on or off.
The controller is an advanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) that provides
Extended Graphics Array (XGA) support for the internal LCD and external
monitors.
A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display
up to 2048 horizontal and 1536 vertical pixels at up to 16M colours.
The display controller also controls the video mode, which uses industry
standard rules to govern the screen resolution and the maximum number of
colours 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 SVGA and XGA modes, the
most widely used industry standards.