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From: ron@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Ron Van Schyndel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Super VGA in an IBM XT.
Message-ID: <1991May9.124215.6936@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 9 May 91 12:42:15 GMT
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user2@cgevs3.cem.msu.edu (Stephen Medlin) writes:

>In article <1991May6.115535.5317@marlin.jcu.edu.au>, cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au
>(Matthew W Crowd) writes:
>>
>>Is it possible to put a Super VGA card into an XT and get all the
>>video modes?
>>
>>I am specifically looking for 640x480x256 and 320x200x256.
>>
>>matt.

>Matt,
>	I haven't tried it myself, but I have read that you can do this. 
>However, I have also read (and experienced) about the limitations that the CPU
>can impose on the video card.  You have to have enuf horsepower to drive the
>higher resolutions.  You might not get a real performance boost like you would
>hope or expect.  Hope that everything works for you :-)

>SVM

Sure I have a TSENG ET4000 card (with 1Meg) in an XT!   It'll be SLOW though

RON
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