Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!ub!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Zenith flat screen vs. superVGA ??? Message-ID: Date: 6 Sep 90 19:25:14 GMT References: <6876.26e58496@jetson.uh.edu> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 17 bchs1b@jetson.uh.edu writes: >I am planning to set up a second system for my group and am debating between >getting a superVGA card and monitor or to stick with our present choice which >is standard VGA and a Zenith flat screen monitor. Applications are wp, and >simple graphics stuff from spreadsheets and scientific plotting software. >I know that superVGA has better resolution, but the Zenith monitor is so >nice that I am hesitant to switch. Any comments from those who have used both. Very few programs support SVGA. A few CAD packages and Windows do. Check out your software to see if it supports it. Most boards come with drivers for a few packages, but not many. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future