Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unsvax!uns-helios!davidg
From: davidg@uns-helios.nevada.edu (DAVID GONZALES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: SuperVGA card and NEC 2A
Keywords: problems, VGA, NEC
Message-ID: <1986@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU>
Date: 7 Sep 90 17:19:41 GMT
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Reply-To: davidg@uns-helios.uucp (DAVID GONZALES)
Organization: Univ of Nevada System Computing Services - Las Vegas
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hi,
	I recently was given a NEC MultiSync 2A monitor to play around
with and am having trouble getting it to work with my SuperVGA card. I
have an Orchid Designer 800 VGA (w/ 256K) that will not work in the
800 x 600 x 16 graphics mode. I am trying to set the mode using the
Orchid Utility VMODE but an error message about the card not being connected
to a variable-frequency monitor is displayed. My question(s) are this:

	1. What switch setting does the Orchid card need to be setup in?

I have set the card as per the manual but was wondering if the manual was 
incorrect. I am not using the original manuals (lost during recent move) but
a slip of paper (an addendum) for the switch settings on the card.

	2. What SuperVGA card will work with the NEC 2A?

I also understand that the NEC 2A is not really a multi-scanning monitor
but does support the approiate frequency to handle 800 x 600. Am I correct
in this? 

A number for Orchid Customer Support would be good also (as I have lost my
original manuals).

thanks in advance.

david gonzales
UNLV/ERC