Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!chinet!ward
From: ward@chinet.UUCP (Ward Christensen-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: VGA, or what to do with my tax return!
Message-ID: <2002@chinet.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 87 05:47:35 GMT
References: <2253@tekig5.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: ward@chinet.UUCP (Ward Christensen-)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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Re: shopping for VGA & monitor: CAUTION!  I bought the STB VGA Extra,
because I had had other STB products, which were "OK", and because STB
was one of the first available.
  I bought the Magnavox professional multi-mode monitor, because it
was rated high in a magazine article for its analog mode capabilities.
  The combination simply doesn't work together.  The VGA is apparently
a fixed-frequency scan, which may or may not work with traditional
multi-mode (-sync, -scan, whatever) monitors.
  I have to adjust a recessed screw (pot) in the back to have the screen
filled vertically as I switch from cga to ega to vga emulation.  ALso
the VGA emulation is terrible - "glistening" colors etc.
  STB promised a ROM update months ago, I even got a shipping paper for
it, but they didn't come thru - they called to ask for a board swap -
and I've seen nothing in about 3 weeks.
  They are supposedly coming out with a "better" board, but I hear the
upgrade from mine would be $240.  Makes me wish I'd bought a $100
EGA clone, and forgotten the VGA stuff.  (though the 256 color stuff
is "fun", and the board doesn't flicker like a true IBM VGA when
writing to the palette registers.)