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From: jshekhel@feds19.prime.com (Jerry Shekhel )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: LCompatible VGA card ?
Keywords: VGA, graphics
Message-ID: <583@cvbnetPrime.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 90 14:54:47 GMT
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>In article <2309@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, barthe@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu writes:
> I don't know if regular cards will offer this feature, or if I have to buy
> a specific one. I saw in Computer Shopper an ad for a PLATINUM card that
> is cheap ($130) and does support for old monitors. Anyone knows anything about it ?
>


Yep, this is the Logos Platinum VGA card.  I picked up one of these "gems"
for $92 w/256K.  My comments:

1.  Even though the card was DIP-switched into EGA mode, IBM OS/2 found a
    way to reset it to VGA/Analog mode.  I couldn't use my OS/2 system until I
    got a VGA monitor.

2.  The EGA emulation was flaky in general; Norton utilities would cause the
    display to pick up a weird blue border with alarmingly bright edges.

3.  When I finally got it to work with a VGA display, I discovered a problem
    which made me throw out the card.  A little while (5-10 minutes) after
    I would power up my system, text-mode characters would start flickering.
    After about 15 minutes, the text display would be so messed up that I
    couldn't look at it, with black, vertical, flickering lines all over the
    place.

I wouldn't trust another Trident card.  I just got an ATI card which works
perfectly.  Sure, I spent more for it, but it's worth it.

-- JJS