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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Orchid ProDesigner VGA+ (Problems.. & vugif 1.00)
Keywords: VGA problems & vugif 1.00 problem
Message-ID: <5503@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 4 Jul 89 03:23:00 GMT
References: <T36273C.89Jun29022346@saha.hut.fi> <24760@srcsip.UUCP>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <24760@srcsip.UUCP> rogers@falcon.UUCP (Brynn Rogers) writes:
>
>My Opinion:   Orchid makes a great board. (prodesigner) I am very happy with
>it.  I am impressed with the boards features,and thrilled with the price;
>I got mine locally for $279 +tax, 256k more of ram for $52 (yes RAM is coming
>down)  
>

Well, we got an Orchid ProDesignerPlus in for evaluation.  It will be going
back because it is just too durn slow.  It runs at only about 2/3 the speed
of the Video7 FastWrite (or the FastWrite clone made by Tatung that we seem
to be standardizing on around here).  And, it seems to be brain damaged
(dead?) in it's 800x600x[16|256] mode (although it DOES work at 768x1024; I
can't explain it!).  We tested it with WordPerfect's preview mode and the
2-up page preview was _almost_ readable at the 768x1024 mode (this on an NEC
Multisysnc II; migh even be better on our 16" Nanao 9707S's).

Anyway, for $235 we'll stick with the Tatung clone of the Video7 FastWrite
clone; the lack of expandibility from 256k to 512k video RAM is not
important to us but it may be to you...

kEITHe