[Arm-netbook] Question about resolution on the micro-desktop

[Julie Marchant]

On 01/13/2017 10:42 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>  that's incorrect.  you're perfectly entitled to try resolutions
> beyond that which are required by the EOMA68 specification (however do
> not be surprised if it doesn't actually work).
> 
>  in the case of the A20 Card, the RGB/TTL output *happens* to be
> capable of driving up to 1920x1080 @ 60fps, which happens to be well
> beyond what i would expect the PCMCIA interface to cope with without
> creating EMF interference (which will be your problem to deal with if
> you go beyond the specification).

Ah, OK then.

So what does it look like on the side of the OS? If you're using a 1080p
monitor and it turns out that the card is capable of 1080p through
RGB/TTL, does the OS automatically know this, or does it still think
(without manual intervention) that some smaller resolution like 1366x768
is the maximum?

>  bottom line: if you develop an app that violates the EOMA68
> specification, then your clients all upgrade (without telling you) to
> a future card and they *ALL* complain "your app dun't wurk no more",
> don't come crying to me :)

Right, I was wondering more from the perspective of the end-user. The
main reason I'm wondering is because the monitor my mom currently uses
has a native resolution of 1280x1024 (one of those old monitors from
around 2000 or so).

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