• ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      VGA is also the name of a specific resolution, it just happens to also share the name with a connector. The whole letter soup for resolutions was a dumb idea and I’m glad it died out. For example, did you know the Game Boy Advanced had a screen with HQVGA resolution? No, none of the letters stand for what you think they do. Of course that means Half Quarter Video Graphics Array.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_display_resolutions

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        5 hours ago

        But original VGA could be 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768.

        Also I think it supported a 320x240, and then later on it would support much higher resolutions.

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          Again, thats the stupid part. VGA means only 640x480. SVGA is 800x600 and QVGA is 1024x768.

          All of those resolutions can be successfully sent through a….VGA cable.