wait, MSDOS mode X 256x224 is just effectively pillar and letterboxed 320x240 on period hardware?

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

wait, MSDOS mode X 256x224 is just effectively pillar and letterboxed 320x240 on period hardware? https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057433#p1057433

[machinelordzero@mastodon.social]

@eniko I get what it means, but "period hardware" conjures unpleasant mental images

[sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko Weird.. I don't recall such a resolution. Considering what a godsend it would have been for demoscene, I guess it may just have been too unstable for general use?

[sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko (or then it's literally 320x240 with some pixels left unused)

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@sol_hsa it's listed as stable in Allegro 4's documentation

[sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko Weird.