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From: shite@unf7.UUCP (Stephen Hite)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Enlightenment...SWAN sVGA *is* ET4000
Message-ID: <315@unf7.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 90 16:32:55 GMT
Organization: Univ. of N. Florida, Jacksonville
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Well, I *finally* talked to someone at SWAN today who confirmed that their
sVGA is definitely based on the ET4000 chipset from Tseng Labs.  Others
from the Net have also verified this recently, too.   I was originally 
confused because someone at SWAN said it used the "ZIPS" chipset and 
felt this was either a nickname or something different.

OK, my poll of cheap sVGA cards led to 2 "winners" in the cheap category.
One person mentioned that a friend of his bought the STB-16 sVGA w/512K
for $189 from Compu$ave (it's ET4000 also) and this SWAN card.  CompuAdd's
card that I mentioned in a previous article went for $239 and one person
mentioned that everything he had heard about it was bad.  I'm sorry for
the vagueness but I got very general e-mail w/no details.  CompuAdd, IMHO
has "disqualified" themselves because STB and SWAN are cheaper :-).

One other note...SWAN Tech. did say that they used to use the ET3000 chipset
in their sVGA but has switched over to ET4000.  Just thought I'd mention it
in case someone posts swearing that it's an ET3000 because they have one ;).

Now, if anyone can get cheaper than $189...(there are no bounds to how little
I am willing to pay :-)).

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Steve Hite
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