Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!baer
From: baer@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: VGA Cards that work on PC's and 386's?
Message-ID: <6387.26961744@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 7 Jul 90 21:09:23 GMT
References: <19145@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1640126@hpspcoi.HP.COM> <1990Jul6.161746.11546@portia.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1990Jul6.161746.11546@portia.Stanford.EDU>, dhinds@portia.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds) writes:
> In article <1640126@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>>>... [I] am curious if there is a VGA
>>>card that will work in a PC/XT type machine and also in a 386...
>>
>>You need an 8 bit VGA card. Paradise is the only one that makes
>>such a beast as far as I know. The alternative is a 16 bit card 
>>that can operate in 8 bit mode. 
> 
>     The ATI VGA Wonder is a 16-bit card that claims to be able to work in
> either 8-bit or 16-bit slots; it autodetects the bus width.  So, according
> to the manual, it should do the job.  I haven't tried it in an 8-bit slot,
> though.
> 
>  -David Hinds
>   dhinds@popserver.stanford.edu
-- 
Many other 16-bit VGA cards work on the 8-bit bus; then, too, 8-bit
VGA cards are sometimes a few bucks cheaper -- check any Computer Shopper
or PC magazine.
I have a 16-bit Oak Technologies (cheap) SVGA card working fine in
my XT -- and when I upgrade to a 386 I will pull the card and use it
there [I'm not particularly happy with the SVGA drivers which came
with this card -- no OS/2 drivers for my pending upgrade to a 386 --
but its VGA operation is just fine].  My 16-bit card "hangs over" the
8-bit slot (which is smaller than the 16 bit slot).
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