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From: jxh@cup.portal.com (Jim - Hickstein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows/386 and 8514?
Message-ID: <20201@cup.portal.com>
Date: 7 Jul 89 04:49:05 GMT
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For what it's worth, I tried to run Win386 on my PS-2/80 with an 8514/A
(note the /A: that's the board) and an 8514 (that's the monitor), but
ran into difficulty.  I got an 8514/A driver for Win386 alright, but it
DEMANDED the OPTIONAL EXTRA-COST memory chip set that endows the
8514/A with 8 bits per pixel.  [I thought I was all screamed-out from
the first time I launched this tirade a few months ago: evidently not :-)]
*sigh*  I bought it.  Not too bad, only
about 300 bucks.  THEN: it didn't work.  The base board evidently had a
fault that didn't show up until I tried to install the option memory; I'm
still trying to get None-Of-Your_Businessland to fix it without taking
down my entire development environment for a week during a major project.
(They say they don't have an 8514 [that's the monitor, remember?] with
which to test the board, and that IBM insists that they test the complete
system before handing anything back to the customer.  Quality, eh?)

It ought to work, but make the dealer install the extra memory for you
so they can't blame you when it doesn't.  Also, buy it ONLY from an
IBM authorized dealer; I bought it from the clone store that my boss
insists on doing business with, and don't have a lever to use on B'land.

-Jim Hickstein
jxh@cup.portal.com
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