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From: jtevik@gisplot1.nrri.umn.edu (John Tevik)
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Subject: Re: More Video Memory?
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Date: 15 Aug 90 03:06:21 GMT
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In article <1990Aug14.212524.6935@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> millernw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Neal W. Miller) writes:
>
>	I am using a 286 system with 640K + 2048K memory and 512K on a
>Paradise SVGA video card.  I can currently display 256 colors at a maximum 
>resolution 640 x 480 pixels.  Any higher (800 x 600, 1024 x 768) and I can 
>only display 16 colors.  I was wondering if a card existed that would allow
>me to increase my video memory to the full 1024 x 768 x 256.  

Orchid has such a board called the ProDesigner II which can be had with
512K or 1M of memory (1M required for 256 colors at 800x600 and 1024x768).
I have the board but have only used it for a couple hours with a borrowed
Sony 1304 monitor.  It does all it claims to do and seemed very snappy
on my 286-8.  It came with drivers for Windows 3, AutoCAD 9 & 10, Lotus,
and Ventura Pub. 1.1 & 2.0.

John Tevik
Programmer
Natural Resources Research Institute
University of Minnesota, Duluth
jtevik@gisplot1.nrri.umn.edu [128.101.45.101]
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