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From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
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Subject: Re: XGA (was OS cost component of workstation)
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Date: 9 Nov 90 14:19:20 GMT
References: <1990Nov6.222057.17797@ico.isc.com> <2855@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <8bC=xse00VpgQb9lNc@andrew.cmu.edu> <1990Nov8.173247.16818@amd.com>
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In article <1990Nov8.173247.16818@amd.com>, phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
> In article <8bC=xse00VpgQb9lNc@andrew.cmu.edu> mh2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Hahn) writes:
> |there is hope in the future for using commodity parts
> |for cheapix, but it's not here now.  pervious posts have
> |identified a major weak point in the plan: monitor and 
> |graphics adapter.  there are some bits of news in the press
> |about a new IBM standard called XGA, which is, 
> |as I recall, 1024x768 in color.  it seems reasonable to expect 
> 
> There's one important point, however. IBM is only offering
> it in MicroChannel because it operates in bus master mode,
> something ISA machines are not highly reliable at doing.
> Of course, there's always EISA.

Hasn't everybody else already done it in VGA in whatever bus you
are using?  And don't the softwares already run on these various
"VGA" video systems?

dan herrick
herrickd@astro.pc.ab.com
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