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From: tankus@hsi.UUCP (Ed Tankus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Does NEC Multisync work with new VDI?
Message-ID: <596@hsi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 09:25:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: hsi.596
Posted: Fri Apr 24 09:25:30 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 22:29:42 EDT
References: <1631@bnrmtv.UUCP> <371@gssc.UUCP>
Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT
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Summary: Multisyncs and the VGA

In article <371@gssc.UUCP>, mmm@gssc.UUCP (Preacher McLain) writes:
> In article <1631@bnrmtv.UUCP> perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) writes:
> |The Subject: line says it all, I guess.  I'd like specs on what the
> |new VDI in the IBM model 50/60/80 will accept in the way of monitors.
>      ^^^
> |I'm particularly interested in whether the NEC Multisync and the
> |Thomson/Mitsubishi multifrequency monitor will work.
> 
> 	These monitors will not work with the new VGA, because they have 9-pin
> plugs and the VGA requires a 15-pin plug.  I suppose a 9-to-15-pin adapter is
> a possiblity ...

NEC, Mitsubishi, Thompson, and Sony have all announced that they will make
an adaptor for the new PC's.


> |makers will have a VDI-compatible video board?  I'm trying to
> |decide whether to get an EGA board now, pay big buck$ for IBM's
> |VDI board, or wait for a VDI board clone.
> 
> 	(Once again, it's a *VGA* board.)  I've seen reports in recent trade
> rags in which some companies (I don't remember which ones) are claiming clones
> will be available this year some time.  Time will tell.
> 
> 			       Mitchell McLain
> 		    ...hplabs!tektronix!sequent!gssc!mmm


Paradise is claiming a compatible board will be ready in 3 months. Chips
says 6 months. I think AST and Quadram are also saying 6 months.

You might want to look at the new Pepper board from from Number Nine in the
Boston area. It is available now/soon and uses the TI TMS34010 (?) chip.
There is a brief description in the 4/21/87 issue of PC WEEK near the
front.


Cheers!

-- Ed.
    
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