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From: jimr@umbc4.umbc.edu (jim rybacki)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Looking for 1280 x 1024 capable devices under ISC X11
Keywords: X-Windows, ISC, Graphics, High Resolution, 1280x1024
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Date: 23 Mar 91 00:56:26 GMT
References: <1991Mar21.033435.1888@buster.stafford.tx.us> <379@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US>
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In article <379@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US> wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker) writes:
>In article <1991Mar21.033435.1888@buster.stafford.tx.us> rli@buster.stafford.tx.us writes:
>>Does anyone have a 1280 x 1024 display running under ISC X11.  I
>
>I have a fair amount of experience with the Microfield offering,
>available for ISC and SCO (ESIX too?).  It *ain't* cheap, but
>it's looks good on a 20" NEC 5d monitor. 1280x1024x256 is a
>sight to behold.  Anything short of 12 Mb of RAM is going to
>make you sick though.  Pixmaps of that size are big!
> 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Warren Tucker, TuckerWare, Mountain Park, GA         wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US
>"The computer can't tell you the emotional story.  It can give you the exact
>mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows." -- Frank Zappa

 I agree that the Microfield looks good on a 5D, BUT it seems to have some
 problems on the 486 motherboards with scsi controllers (both adaptec 1542B
 and WD7000) running ISC2.2, I even tried the new board with the VGA daughter
 card-------- no luck.








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