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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: I think I've found my VGA card!!!
Keywords: VGA V-RAM
Message-ID: <5088@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 8 May 89 05:35:45 GMT
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Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
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I think I've finally settled on a VGA card.  It is a Tatung VGA.  Actually,
Tatung puts their name on two VGA cards.  The one I like is a Video7 FastWrite
clone.  The other is called the Tatung VGA-16 and is a Paradise clone.

The Tatung VGA is virtually identical in performance to the Video7 FastWrite,
the card I would purchase if I had lots of money (I'm looking at buying 10 to
20 systems, see).  (Actually, if I had _lots_ of money I'd probably go with
the Video7 VRAM.)

Anyway, the Tatung is available for about $200, not much more than a high-end
EGA card.  The only downside is that it is limited to 256k RAM (cf. the 512k
capacity if the Video7 FastWrite.)  But 256k allows 640 x 480 x 256 colors and
800 x 600 x 16 colors, which is sufficient for our needs.

kEITHe

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