What are the graphics capabilities of RISC OS machines?
This section currently lists the specifications of currently available machines. For the graphics capabilities of older, or legacy, machines, please visit my legacy systems page at www.riscos.org/legacy/ Each type of monitor generally requires a mode definition file (MDF) set up for it, to allow you to take advantage of the specific monitor capabilities. A library of common MDFs can be found at www.riscos.org/resources/ although you’ll generally find that with most modern monitors you can find one that works by trying other available MDFs via trial and error. The Iyonix machines The most notable difference in the graphics capability of the Iyonix is that it now incorporates a ‘standard’ graphics card, namely the nVidia GeForce 2MX. This gives much higher resolutions and colour depths than previous ‘Acorn’ machines, but also sacrifices 2 & 4 bit colour depths (ie. 4 and 16 colour screen modes). Rather than give an exhaustive list of all ‘modes’ available, it will suffice to say that the
