Old Hardware Rant

[Franklin, Joel]

> Clearly Microsoft isn't relying on a Manufacturer/Model table when they
set
> up monitors in 9x.  They get GUI mode every time, and any monitor that
isn't
> a ghosted-out dinosaur will at least go 800x600x24 or better.  Most will
do
> 1024x768x16, though you won't want to.  Setting the monitor type to
> "Plug-and-Play" will almost always get a decent display, which suggests
that
> the installers for X are missing a piece of info that is often right there
> for the asking.

Look here:

http://www.oreilly.com/reference/dictionary/terms/D/Display_Data_Channel.htm

The critical acronym in your quest for knowledge is "DDC"