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    All the ATI/AMD cards I've hard in the last 15 years or so boot in 1280x1024 if they detect that flat panel is connected. It's actually 720x400 (or 640x350 or whatever resolution the BIOS selects) upscaled to 1280x1024
    – user722
    Commented May 17, 2020 at 16:44
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    Hysterical raisins. Commented May 18, 2020 at 21:10
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    In case there is a blem wit
    – Mawg
    Commented May 19, 2020 at 19:05
  • A side question (perhaps not very constructive): why was the aspect ratio of 720x400 so close to the now-ubiquitous 16:9 wide screens?
    – Fred Qian
    Commented Nov 11, 2022 at 1:43
  • Don't forget that back then, pixels were not square.
    – aybe
    Commented Nov 11, 2022 at 2:36