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From: sra@idx.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: How come... VGA musings
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.084729.2244@idx.com>
Date: 27 Mar 91 08:47:29 GMT
Organization: IDX Corporation, S. Burlington, VT
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Just wondering?
  I have an Intel 302 board (25 Mhz '386 cache 0-wait) and an STB Powergraph
using ROM 1.7 into a CTX 5468 VGA display.
  I've noticed that when my son finishes a game (which uses graphics of course)
and I hit the reset button on the PC, sometimes the monitor will actually power
itself down!  I have to physically cycle power on the monitor to restore it.
I suspect that the monitor is sensing some input voltage out of range.  Any
comments?
  Also, using VIDSPEED, the display xfer rate is only about 1220 KB/sec.  I'm
told that this is extremely slow for a Tseng 4000 board.  As a comparison, 
Landmark 0.99 shows machine at about 38 Mhz.  How come?

thanks, steve

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