Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!d75!awdprime!woan
From: woan@nowhere (Ronald S. Woan Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: A Question About 16-bit VGA Cards
Keywords: VGA
Message-ID: <4631@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 90 05:53:06 GMT
References: <16209@cs.utexas.edu>
Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP
Reply-To: woan@peyote.cactus.org
Organization: Austin School of Hard Knocks
Lines: 23

glenn@cs.utexas.edu (Glenn G. Lai) writes:
Glenn> I've been searching for a 16-bit VGA card that supports at
Glenn> least 800x600x256.  However, the ROM in my PS180-16F (not
Glenn> PS180-16FN) HD/FD controller insists on taking residence at
Glenn> C800 and my PS-160FN manual says that changing the address to
Glenn> D800 "may solve the problem with the VGA video adapters."
Glenn> Since I can't ask my HD/FD controller to change its mind, I'll
Glenn> (possibly) need the cooperation of the VGA card I'm going to
Glenn> buy.  If you have any info about this, pleas send an e-mail
Glenn> message to me.  I'll summarize.  Thanks.

Seems that's where all Western Digital controllers reside too...
Anyway, I doubt that you'll have too many problems, so why don't you
just buy from a place that allow returns.




--
+-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+
+------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+
+ Ronald S. Woan       woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com +
+ other email addresses             Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +