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On Tue, 14 Oct 97 9:14:57 HST, David Ross wrote: >Yesterday I upgraded to version 1.22 of the W95 video driver for my >TP560. An immediate 25% video speedup - very cool. (I have a P133 DSTN >model, BTW). The curious thing is that in the docs that come with the >driver, it says that my machine should now be capable of high color >on the LCD. Now, I didn't believe it (I thought DSTN displays were >limited to 256), and in fact I see no such improvement; however, the >docs are quite clear about this in a couple of places. I quote: > ><1.02> >- (Fix) (ThinkPad 560 only) > The color depth with 16M colors is selectable on LCD. >- (Fix) (ThinkPad 560 DSTN LCD model only) > The color depth with 64K or 16M colors is selectable on LCD when > the computer has a Cyber9382 video controller chip installed. ><1.12> >- (Fix) The ThinkPad 560 (9382) DSTN model can select 64K or 16M > colors on LCD. ><1.22> >- (Fix) (ThinkPad 560 DSTN LCD model only) Some garbage on screen > intermittently in 800x600 64K color mode. > >So, what's the deal? Should I in fact now have a 64K or 16M option in >the system settings? I don't, but would like one (I miss fint >smoothing). > >- Curious, David > > I know that the palette for DSTN is lower than that of TFT, but I have my DSTN going at 64K colors (no palette, if memory serves me right), and I have the Chips & Tech 65545 (on the 701). The colors look better than that on my server, but that monitor is about 7-8 years old. I think that maybe the DSTN is limited on colors because it scans constantly, rather than having each pixel individually lit up. Anyone- correct me if I'm wrong. Paul