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From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger)
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Subject: Re: paradise vga boards
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Date: 5 Mar 91 21:19:00 GMT
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ker@cbnewsj.att.com (kenneth.roser) writes:

>What about compatibility with drivers for Paradise.  Will the Paradise drivers
>work with the OEM board?  Is the OEM firmware as good?

>By the way, will the Paradise OEM boards support 800x600x16 with Windows?
>Will the Paradise 1024 support the same?
*----
I'd say your chances are pretty good.  I was disappointed that my supposedly-
hardware-compatible Paradise VGA doesn't do very well with WD's "vgachall"
program.  Conversely, the board works fine with every program I've used,
and does fine in 800*600*16 mode in windows.  I use standard drivers right
from the WD BBS.

On the other hand, don't buy the board from United Computer Resources in
Philadelphia, which has refused to handle warranty problems.  The extra
memory they sold me with the board was bad, and I've got nothing but a
runaround from them.  Maybe I can cost them a sale or two in return.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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