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From: rossp@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Ross PORTER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: VGA Card Recommendation for Zenith Flat Screen
Message-ID: <2435@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 11 Mar 90 22:14:24 GMT
References: <533@cica.cica.indiana.edu> <1640068@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Reply-To: rossp@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca (Ross PORTER)
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In article <1640068@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>>I'm looking for any recommendations on a nice VGA card to drive a
>>Zenith Flat Tension Mask (FTM) Monitor.  The machine (z286lp) was
>>shipped with one of those "brain-dead-EGA/VGA-compatible-cards-
>>that-fail-miserably-in-VGA mode!"
>
>Try the new Paradise 1024 or Video 7 1024i. Fast and compatible.
>
>			   Danny Low
>    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
>	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
>     HP SPCD   dlow%hpspcoi@hplabs.hp.com   ...!hplabs!hpspcoi!dlow 

The Zenith FTM supports up to 640x480 -- no more, so the extended res
feature of the Paradise 1024 or V7 1024i would go wasted.  I would
suggest a less expensive "standard VGA" card e.g. Hercules or Paradise's
basic VGA boards.  Note that you probably can't get a 16-bit basic VGA
board (outside of Compaq's pricy card).

Ross Porter
rossp@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca