Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!apple!netcom!hotcity!baaugfes From: baaugfes@hotcity.COM (Kent Keltner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Ultra-res on the GS Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 91 17:58:48 GMT References: <497@generic.UUCP> Organization: BBS Lines: 83 Hello, I must address such silly posts with one of use. You guys OBVIOUSLY don't know what's been going on. a Person named Pete Snowberg is working on a VGA Card. What we're looking for is a good programmer for a BLITTER (To convert Psygnosis products to the IIgs). If someone is willing to handle the Blitter and/or "The Killing Game Show GS", please, E-mail me at prisoner@darkside.com. You will get a better deal than Larry O'Conner (LRO Computer Sales/New Concepts) could give/screw you with. What's a GS VGA Card for? Not the stupid "GIF Viewer ONLY" project. If someone wants to work on one, please mail me. Since we're throwing this fest, I want some feedback! What VGA Would do for the GS: VGA wouldn't be that stupid since one of the GS's biggest shortfalls (at least for me) is it's lack of square pixles. VGA gives you a bunch of modes that don't have 'em as well as a couple that do. I just happen to have to list of VGA modes here so I'll list'em out.... TEXT MODES: Col*Row Colors CharBox Pages 40*25 16 8*8 8 80*25 16 8*8 8 40*25 16 8*14 8 80*25 16 8*14 8 40*25 16 9*16 8 80*25 16 9*16 8 80*25 2 9*14 8 80*25 2 9*16 8 132*25 16 8*14 8 132*43 16 8*8 5 And now for GRAPHICS MODES: Col*Row Colors (out of) Pages 320*200 2 ? 1 320*200 16 ?64? 4 320*200 256 262,144 1 640*200 2 ? 1 640*200 16 ?64? 4 640*350 2 ? 2 640*350 16 ?64? 2 640*480 2 ? 1 640*480 16 ?64? 1 800*600 16 ? 1 I would assume that he is using a standard VLSI VGA chip to do this so with 256K you should be able to get all these modes if you have a monitor that can support them. Does anybody know if he'll incluse the ability to expand to 512K? (Arn't rumors sooo much fun?) Now about monitors.... You can get a Multi-Sync monitor that will handle all the above rezes (new word) as well as the additional ones supported by 512K VGA boards (like 1024*768!) for like $350 these days from a normal store (JDR), I wonder what they would cost at a swap meet!? I don't think that any board would be able to easily change the GS screen data to VGA on a hardware basis, but QuickDraw ][ (which is not) could be modified to an extent to support larger screens. I have also heard a couple of rumors about the card, (1) One way or another, the Quickie hand scanner will support it, (2) The new Visionary software (Allison) will support the extended colors, (3) Emerald Vision the 3200 color paint program will support the card, and maybe neatest of all.... (4) there may be a DTP program written to show off the card as well as to let you do REAL DTP on the GS (Appleworks GS is LAME!)! I got all the above rumors from the floor of Applefest and the GEnie party afterward form REALLY good sources that I think are trustable. Has anybody else heard about this thing? -- (This stuff is true, only problem being that Larry attempted to screw Pete too, but he got out fast enough (He was involved in the Burger Bill/Virtual Realities mess>... We want to give people a fair shake, as long as they don't think it's a free ride for them to screw us. If anyone out there actually cares what happens to their computer and want to see it do a 180 turn from it's destination to the grave, I think you should take a look and see just how serious the BAAUGFest is.) Be Seeing You. -the Prisoner "Apple II...For at least another 5 years if I can help it." (5 years of strong support, too!) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com