In a message dated 12/22/99 11:31:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > VGA replaced what would have been a thick
> > bundle of digital, RGB
>
> Now you've lost me completely, I'm afraid.
I think what is being referred to here is that the VGA standard replaced the
earlier EGA (Enhanced Graphics Array?) standard. EGA was a digital standard
and only supported, I believe, 16 colors using a 4 bit digital interface to
the monitor. If display standards had stayed digital we'd need 24, 32, or
even more bits of information to get the same number of colors we have now,
requiring a thick bundle of cable.
I guess photography isn't the only industry in which analog still rules.
Paul Schings
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