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From: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SuperVGA monitor/card
Message-ID: <10875@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 16 Oct 89 17:10:34 GMT
References: <89101307090621@masnet.uucp>
Reply-To: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall)
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In article <89101307090621@masnet.uucp> wayne.ho@f526.n250.z1.fidonet.org (wayne ho) writes:
>I also like the Seiko 1430 14" VGA monitor.  Sounds very nice.
   
   It's a very nice monitor. Good resolution, good color rendition. Once
it's warmed up -- when just started, red and orange are nearly
indistinguishable. After ten or fifteen minutes, they're very distinct.


>     About the ATI VGA WonderCard; it is a great card but it only does 
>1024x768 INTERLACED.  You may want to look into a card which does a 

   Hm. I have an ATI VGA Wonder 512K, and it was my impression that it 
does 1024x768 straight, not interlaced. I don't think the Seiko monitor
can handle interlace. I'll have to check the manuals...

>  I have heard some rumours about a 1024x768x256 card 
>coming out holding about 1 meg of video memory.  Maybe you'll want 
>to wait for that?

   The IBM 8514 adapter has 1 meg and does 1024x768@256, INTERLACED. It
also has an onboard coprocessor. Officially, you aren't supposed to do
direct screen writes, you're supposed to talk to the coprocessor. Rumor
has it that it's faster to bypass the coprocessor, at least on a fast
machine. Anybody know for sure?

> 
>                                Wayne
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