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From: sagen@nucthy.physics.orst.edu (Milt Sagen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Power Problems on Loaded Mac IIcx
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Date: 12 Jul 89 17:05:41 GMT
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In article <817@metasoft.UUCP> alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) writes:
>
>Rumor has it that a Mac IIcx with 8MB has a tendency toward
>video flickering. Is this true? How widespread is the problem?
>Does it depend on the number of planes on the video card?

I get this flickering with 4MB installed and a 4 bit video board with
monochrome monitor.  Someone one else on the net suggested to me it may
be a problem which would go away if the board was 8 bits.


Milt Sagen                    Internet: sagen@nucthy.physics.orst.edu
Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR  97331          Tele: (503) 754-4631