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From: ljg@ecosoft.uucp (Lowell J. Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Questions: Zeos, NEC-4D, non-interlaced video cards
Keywords: 1024x768, VGA, non-interlaced
Message-ID: <1990Oct24.211237.5051@ecosoft.uucp>
Date: 24 Oct 90 21:12:37 GMT
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Reply-To: ljg@ecosoft.UUCP (Lowell J. Gray)
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I have an excellent 16" display which is capable of going up to 1280x1024,
if I spend the money for a new video card. I definitely can recommend:

Mitsubishi HL 6605TK - programmable multi-scan color monitor

It costs less than the NEC 4D or Nanao 9070U and has a larger viewable area.

I'm currently using an Orchid Prodesigner w/512K at 1024x768x16 non-interlaced
with their new Windows 3.0 driver. It doesn't have any noticeable flicker,
but the scrolling in Terminal is reallll slowwww.

I agree that Orchid's support is not so hot - it took almost five months for
them to release the new Windows driver. But you get what you pay for; it
wasn't a bad deal for the $250 I paid. I've seen the Prodesigner II and it is
much faster and also a good price.

But if you are serious about high res color for something like Windows, I
suggest you skip the VGA boards and get a coprocessor-based card like the
new Hercules 1024, currently selling for about $850. I'm hoping prices will
be even lower and the cards faster (maybe TI34020 instead of TI34010?),
by the time I get fed up with my current VGA speed,

- Lowell
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