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From: larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Monitors for X-Windows on i386 machine
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.155939.16876@nstar.uucp>
Date: 18 Oct 90 15:59:39 GMT
References: <59430@wlbr.IMSD.CONTEL.COM>
Organization: Northern Star Communications, Limited
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amc@wlv.imsd.contel.com (Allen M. Cohen) writes:

>I want to use X-Windows/OSF MOTIF on a 386 PC.
>My current system is Interactive's ISC UNIX 2.2.  
>I need a high resolution color monitor which is capable of displaying
>256 colors simultaneously.
>Can somebody please tell me some good Monitor/Video Adaptor combinations
>for such a system?  Thanks in advance!

I have an ATI VGA wonder with 512K and ISC X release 1.2 - 
this combination supports 800x600 with 256 colors just fine -
except screen IO isn't real fast.  If I had $1000 to spend, 
I would get one of the video graphics engines - like maybe
the NEC - which would make the screen IO fly - but then I would
want to spend another $1500 to get a nice 20 inch monitor --

one thing leads to another - hmmm..



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