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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Dual Monitor hook up
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Date: 8 Feb 91 00:08:18 GMT
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In article <NELSON.91Feb7124258@sun.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) writes:


>Yes, it should only cost you $100.  But be aware that putting an 8-bit
>card into the same double-segment (B000->CFFF) as a 16-bit card will cause
>the 16-bit card to be accessed 8 bits at a time.  In other words, your
>16-bit VGA will act like an 8-bit VGA.

That is absolutely horrid.  So all my Windows applications means that while
this here card is installed, I will be moving at HALF SPEED?!  This doesn't
seem very realistically cool, know what I mean?  Is there a way around
this?  I can't afford that kind of io bottleneck (33mhz w/8MB going through
display at 8-bits is not very fun).....any info to circumvent said
atrocity would be appreciated.

Brian