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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: paradise vga boards
Message-ID: <1991Feb25.122245.25822@panix.uucp>
Date: 25 Feb 91 12:22:45 GMT
References: <1991Feb24.202558.12663@cbnewsj.att.com>
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In article <1991Feb24.202558.12663@cbnewsj.att.com> ker@cbnewsj.att.com (kenneth.roser) writes:
>I'm trying to understand the differences amongst the different Paradise
>VGA boards.  In the adds I noticed several models that claim to support
>1024x768.
>
>Paradise OEM	- usually less than 100 dollars.  How can this be so cheap
>		 when the other Paradise boards are much more?  What features
>		is this board missing.

What's missing is the Paradise brand name. These usually are Taiwanese
no-name products that happen to use the Paradise VGA chipset. They usually
are close copies of the real thing, but do NOT use the Paradise firmware
(VGA BIOS).

>Paradise 1024	- usually ~250 or less with 512 K RAM

1024x768 maximum resolution



>Paradise professional	- The add claims this supports non-interlaced operation

800x600 maximum resolution


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