QVGA V/s VGA for GTA03 (was something about yummy CPU-GPU combos!)

Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) raster at openmoko.org
Wed Jun 11 03:04:04 CEST 2008


On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:51:03 +0200 "Flemming Richter Mikkelsen"
<quatrox at gmail.com> babbled:


> > http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Tech/x11fonts.html
> >
> > see the 4x8 font at the top. bdf downloadable and usable.
> Wow! That is amazing! Now I am 100% convinced that QVGA is not
> that bad:) I could read it without any problems.

cool. as i said. i don't think all the doom and gloom if we had qvga is
warranted. it is still surprisingly good. the physical screen size is much more
of a factor (imho), and if we went to a larger screen at qvga - we'd be in
trouble of a nasty display. 2.8" i think is the limit. most qvga's i've seen at
2.2->2.8". maybe up to 3". but qvga can be usable for an 80x24 terminal. it's
been done before for those who have followed handhelds.org and the early days
of linux on the ipaq, zaurus etc.

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Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster at openmoko.org>




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