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From: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Wanted VGA and monitor recommendations
Message-ID: <662@netxcom.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 88 22:24:25 GMT
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Reply-To: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen)
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In article <165@spked.UUCP> croft@spked.UUCP (Steve Croft) writes:
>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.

If you're talking about colors available in Windows, the problem is with
Windows, not the VGA.  For some reason (anyone know what?) Windows will
not manipulate the intensity bit in TTL mode.  As far as I know, noone
has written Windows drivers for the VGA analog modes yet.

>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.

This is interesting.  We have some Everex EVGAs ($245 each) which run
under Windows 1.X at up to 800X600, and also run under Windows 2.0 and
Windows 386 using the VGA drivers that come with Windows (640X480).
BTW, we run these on NEC Multisync and Multisync XL monitors.

John Allen
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