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From: phil@cs.mcgill.ca (Philip LOCONG)
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Subject: Re: Dual monitors
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Date: 20 Feb 91 21:45:41 GMT
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> [endless discussion about 8 vs 16 internal data path and poor
>  performance caused by retrace and uselessness (! english is NOT my first
>  language...) of VRAM etc...]

This is all very interesting but I see many "all" and "no VGA card
has...". I think the "all 8-bit" argument might have been true in the
past but now, many cards are now explicitly advertised as having 16-bit
(even 32!) internal data paths, some even claim to have a video memory
cache (check a logix-2000L add). I think recent VGA cards might be very
decent.




Philippe Locong
phil@bart.cs.McGill.CA