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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Using a 19" monitor with Windows
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Date: 22 Sep 89 13:12:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Sep 22 08:12:00 1989



>I saw a demo of IBM's new 8514 Graphics Adapter. It has 1024x768 resolution
>and the demo looked pretty slick. 
Don't they all! But believing what a demo does might make you look like
a baboon. (For the cognoscenti, the killer demo for IBM last REALLY
successful graphics adapter, the Professional Graphics Controller,
was a baboon.)

>We were told that the 8514 card is 
>available for the time being for PS/2 model 50,55,70 and 80. I don't
>know if this 8514 card would work with a std. IBM VGA monitor or requires
>an autosync capable monitor.

They require a dedicated monitor or some but not just any multisync.
IBM's own is, as usual, among the worst. It is unusable with a 
white background.

The 8514 is not setting the world on fire. For one thing, IBM won't
release to anyone except Microsoft the specs, so there is no way 
to program it directly.

Doug MCDonald