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Video Display

The built-in video display uses a 15-inch CRT (13.8-inch viewable diagonal). The CRT uses shadow-mask technology and has a dot pitch of 0.28 mm. The display is multi-scan and supports three resolutions. Table 3-2 lists the resolutions and the pixel depths supported with either the standard 2 MB of SGRAM or with expanded SGRAM.

Table 3-2 Display resolutions and pixel depths

Resolution

Vertical rate

Pixel depth
(2 MB SGRAM)

Pixel depth
(4 or 6 MB SGRAM)
640 by 480 117.233 Hz 32 bits 32 bits
800 by 600 94.97 Hz 32 bits 32 bits
1024 by 768 75.03 Hz 16 bits 32 bits
\xA9 1998 Apple Computer, Inc.

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