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From: altman@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: IBM's XGA and Windows
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Date: 24 Jan 91 20:13:15 GMT
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From information that I have gathered and has been sent to
me by Bert Tyler, here is a summary of what XGA gives Win3
users and how much it will cost.

First of all XGA is only a Micro Channel product.  It is 
Bus Mastering, ships in the standard configuration with
512k and can be expanded to 1MB.

The XGA ships with two Win3 drivers.  One for 640x480x256
and the other 1024x768x???.  The number of colors on the hi-res
driver I think is determined by the amount of memory on the
board.

The XGA will work with standard VGA monitors with the low
res 256 color driver.

Prices that I have been able to find are as follows:

Product  	Retail		Computer	University
				Factory		Pricing
--------	---------	----------	-----------
XGA (512k)	$1100		$769		$675
XGA (1mb)	$1500		
512k upgrade					$225
8515 monitor			$669		$570

I realize the above list is incomplete, but its what I've
got.


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- Jeff (jaltman@ccmail.sunysb.edu)