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From: croft@spked.UUCP (Steve Croft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Wanted VGA and monitor recommendations
Summary: VEGA VGA + Sony 1302
Message-ID: <165@spked.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 88 02:40:12 GMT
References: <6933@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
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Organization: Sacramento Engineer District
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In article <6933@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, c60c-5ai@web4g.berkeley.edu (Kenneth Kindsfater) writes:
> I would like some help in which VGA board and monitor to buy. I am
> especially interested in the Video7 VEGA VGA and the Paradise VGA and
> VGA professional.  In monitors I am interested in the NEC Multisync
> Plus and the Princeton Ultrasync (they have 800x600 which I think will
> be important soon.)

I have the VEGA VGA board with a Sony 1302 and am having problems with
that combo.  I am only getting 8 colors, when I should be getting 16 (at
the high res).  Some suggestions that VEGA made didn't work and they are
sending out the newest version of their BIOS for me.  We'll see.

Also, VEGA is supposedly writing drivers (still) for Windows/386 
(Windows/386 requires direct access to the VGA registers, which VEGA doesn't
completely clone).  Until they get that driver written, Windows/386 won't
run on the VEGA!  I don't know if this problem applies to Windows 2.0.

VEGA's seconde generation VGA card is due out soon (with extended graphics,
I believe).  You might wanna wait till then, or have faith that VEGA will
correct their probs with their current VGA (they do promise your money back
if they can't get your software to work on their card).

That's it, that's all.
sc