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From: donovan@cg-atla.UUCP (Dennis Donovan X5176)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: fff (Really VGA)
Message-ID: <1249@cg-atla.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 88 14:04:46 GMT
References: <2667@slovax.UUCP>
Reply-To: donovan@cg-atla.UUCP (Dennis Donovan X5176)
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Organization: Compugraphic Corp. Wilmington, MA
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In article <2667@slovax.UUCP> steve@slovax.UUCP (Steve Cook) writes:
>Hi, this is my first posting, so.... lots of flames ok???
>Sorry about the subject line.  Anyway, to buisness :  I've heard
>rumors that some of the new vga cards for pc's don't actually
>work!  Is this true???  I have a pc xt clone (1200 for 640k, herc
>card with parrallel, monitor, 30 meg hard drive, 360k floppy,
>and mouse.  Some one was asking about good prices.)  I would like
>to upgrade sometime soon to vga and monitor.  Question is : What
>cards are good working values, and what sort of monitor do I need,
>something like the NEC Multisync???  Thanks for any help!!!
>
>Steve Cook, Blithering Idiot
>
>*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MISCONCEPTIONS ***


I have been looking into the very same thing. I called Paradise for the spec
sheet on the Paradise VGA Plus board and was impressed. The specs say that
the board is both Register (Hardware) and BIOS (software) compatible.

I then had a question whether it would work with the NEC Multisync so I
called Paradise and talked with someone there who informed me that I would
need at least the NEC Multisync II because the NEC Multisync doesn't have a
screen lock or something and it will roll on you. He also suggested the
Mitsubishi DiamondScan.

Of the specs I've seen the Paradise VGA Plus looks the best ( most of the
others are just BIOS compatible ). Paradise offers a 3 year warrantee with
the board as well as a 3 year guarantee of its VGA compatibility, if the
board fails to execute VGA that another VGA board will, they will either
give you a BIOS upgrade to solve the problem or refund your money.

I am planning to buy the NEC Multisync II and the Paradise VGA Plus.
The prices I've seen in PC Magazine are: NEC Multisync ~$549 and 
Paradise VGA Plus ~$260.

DISCLAIMER: I am not associated with Paradise. I have not used the board,
so I have no personal knowledge of its performance.

						Dennis
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