Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!ur-tut!aptr From: aptr@ur-tut (The Wumpus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: AT&T EGA 750 display adapter info wanted Summary: It does work on a 318 monitor. Keywords: 6300 PLUS EGA Taxan 557 Gold Card STB Multires II Message-ID: <2354@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: 1 Aug 88 23:01:58 GMT References: <5481@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <1428@lznv.ATT.COM> Reply-To: aptr@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (The Wumpus) Distribution: na Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center Lines: 45 In article <1428@lznv.ATT.COM> psc@lznv.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes: >< "Would you buy a used operating system from these guys?" > > >In article <5481@ihlpf.ATT.COM>, lyourk@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Loran N. Yourk) writes: >> I have an AT&T 6300 Plus computer with an AT&T 318H color monitor >> and would like any information on the AT&T 750 EGA card in such a >> system. > >So far as I understand, it's a fairly vanilla EGA card, except that it >does CGA (and AT&T 640x400) at 25MHz. It runs the 319 color monitor at >the regular (not 25 MHz) EGA frequency, so you *can't* use the 318. ^^^^^^^ Don't tell me this. My monitor will be really upset when it finds out that it should not have been running on the VDC750. I have had a VDC 750 installed in my 6300 clone for a month with no problems from the monitor. In the VDC 750 Manual, it states that the card _will_ work the 318 monitor, but there are some small problems. The first of these is that the screen is slightly compressed due to the difference in scan lines between the EGA and AT&T modes (350 vs. 400). The second is that the 318 will not display all 64 possible colors, only the 16 colors that could be displayed in normal CGA. I should also point out that the VDC 750 adds an Extended EGA mode that is 640x400 16 color. It is not the same as DEB, but it is still very nice. PS: The VDC 750 comes with instructions for installing it in almost all of the 63xx machines except the 6300. When I called AT&T about this when I got the card (a month or so ag), they were not officially supporting any EGA card in the 6300 because of the Bus problem. Since then, I have found a correction for the Bus problem and apparently, the VDC 750 is becoming popular in 6300s inside of AT&T. -- The Wumpus UUCP: {cmcl2!decvax}!rochester!ur-tut!aptr BITNET: aptrccss@uorvm Internet: aptr@tut.cc.rochester.edu Disclaimer: "Who? When? Me? It was the Booze!" - M. Binkley -- The Wumpus UUCP: {cmcl2!decvax}!rochester!ur-tut!aptr BITNET: aptrccss@uorvm Internet: aptr@tut.cc.rochester.edu Disclaimer: "Who? When? Me? It was the Booze!" - M. Binkley