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From: lrj@ishtar.cs.cornell.edu (Lew Jansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: VGA query; Oak
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Date: 21 Dec 90 17:18:16 GMT
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	  Howdy all...  I've got a small request before the holidays,
	as I'm considering a purchase but want to check out the wisdom
	of the net before laying out the $$$.

	  I would like to obtain any and all information people might
	have regarding the Samtron 431v2 VGA monitor and the 8-bit Oak
	VGA card as applied to a 10 MHz XT compat.  Information on
	what I can expect this setup to do and not to do would be
	greatly appreciated, as I don't know much about PC's and
	displays.

	  Are these reasonable items?  Are they a waste of money?
	What would be a fair price (new)?

	  I'm told that the Oak card (with 256k) will do 640x480 with
	256 colors.  Personally, this seems like quite a trick, cuz the
	display would have 307200 pixels coming from 256k RAM.  Perhaps
	they meant 640x380?

	  Any comments you might have would be appreciated.  Tnx.

    -- Lewis R. Jansen, N2KNV		lrj@helios.tn.cornell.edu
    LASSP/LNS Systems Manager		     (607) 255-6065
					
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