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From: U39648@uicvm.uic.edu (From The Mind Of)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: 8514/A Clones for MCA?
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Date: 1 Apr 91 18:16:41 GMT
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>Does anyone know of any 8514/A clones out there?  What I'm looking for is:
>
>* full register compatibility
>* at least half the price ;->
>* MCA
>* works with AIX

Two I know of are the Paradise 8514/A and the ATI 8514/ULTRA.  The Paradise one
is basically a slightly faster 8514/A with a 24-bit palette.

The ULTRA is the more interesting product, mainly because it's a SCREAMER.
Faster than the NEC MultiSync Graphics Engine... and the base RETAIL price
is $599.  Not bad at all.  Plus it's a "flippy", ISA and Microchannel.

- Darius
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