Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:9681 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:8822 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!muvms3!smith From: smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Everex STEP 386/33 and Viewpoint VRAM SVGA Card Message-ID: <48144@muvms3.bitnet> Date: 19 May 91 20:57:38 GMT References: <1991May10.130609.7369@hellgate.utah.edu> <1991May16.025135.642@pinhead.pegasus.com> Organization: Marshall University Lines: 36 In article <1991May16.025135.642@pinhead.pegasus.com>, todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara) writes: > In article <1991May10.130609.7369@hellgate.utah.edu> u-mwong%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Michael Wong) writes: >> I'd like to get some opinions from people who own one of these items >>I've listed above. Particularly, I'd like more information on the Everex >>VRAM SVGA card. How does it speed compare with most other cards? It has >>1Meg RAM and supports up to 1024x768 @256 colors and 1280x1024 @16 colors. >>I noticed that it has the Tseng 4000 chip on it. Would the Seiko CM-1450 >>monitor (non-interlaced), which is what I have planned to get for the card, >>work well with it? I'd appreciate any info on these items! > > We had an Everex VRAM VGA card for a while and I would recommend against > buying it until Everex gets their driver problems under control. We had one > in an Everex Step 386/33 with all parts from Everex (including drives, > memory, EverSync CRT, etc.). We found all kinds of DOS and Windows programs > that just would not work with the VRAM in the system. So, we yanked it out > and put in a less sophisticated Everex card (I can't recall the model # at > the moment) and now everything works. This is interesting. I have been posting requests for aid because my new i486 computer is acting strangely. I wonder how much of that may be due to the fact that I am using an Everex VGA TC card? Anyone else have one? Any problems? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Smith BITNET: Smith@Marshall Senior Systems Analyst Internet: Smith@Marshall.edu Marshall University Smith@Muvms3.wvnet.edu University Computer Center Phone/voice: (304) 696-2591 Prichard Hall FAX: (304) 696-3601 Huntington, WV 25755-5320 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions? My employer doesn't allow me to have any - these are borrowed.