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From: rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (Dale Rogerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Summary of Fastwrite VGA Boards and the Seiko Monitor
Message-ID: <2568@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 6 Jul 89 17:28:41 GMT
Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC
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Here is a summary of the mail I recieved asking for information on the
Fastwrite VGA cards and the Seiko 1430 Monitor.  Thanks to everyone who
helped.
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I. Fastwrite VGA Card.
   The Fastwrite VGA is a good, fast card.  It seems to be as fast as the
   VRAM card for most applications.  The 512k memory version of the Fastwrite
   does NOT have 800x600x256 or 1024x768x16, but 640x480x256.  This card was
   not reviewed in PC Magazine, but the Tatung card uses the same chip set.
   It does have drivers for Windows/386.

II. Seiko 1430 Monitor
    Everyone who responded said that this monitor looked fantastic.  However,
    it is NOT a multisync monitor ( the 1450 is ), but a fixed frequency
    VGA/8514/A monitor.  It has three fixed frequencies, and will display
    1024x768.  This monitor will also go into a forced 31KHz horizontal sweep
    mode for about 7 seconds if it drops one horizontal sync pulse.

III. Other VGA Boards
     The most popular cards were the Orchid prodesigner and the STB VGA/Extra
     board.  These boards are both based on the Tseng Lab chip set.  They
     do experience some lost dots in high res color modes.  Someone also
     recommended the Logix(?) card that is advertised int computer shopper for
     $269(256k).


Thanks again for the information.
-----Dale
	Rogerson-----