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- From: tomk@fc.hp.com (Tom Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Cybervision upgrades?
- Date: 24 Feb 1996 01:41:11 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
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- Niels Knoop (niels@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de) wrote:
- : Benjamin Kenobi (fkrj@crux4.cit.cornell.edu) wrote:
-
- : > Also, there has been some confusion about the kind of RAM which may be
- : > used to upgrade the memory of these boards. I need to know if this
- : > memory is what they call "DRAM" or "VRAM". On the box, it says "Video
- : > DRAMS".
-
- : DRAM.
-
- Just make sure it's DRAM with SAM :)
-
- (Actually, I haven't looked the number up in a databook yet, so I'm
- not sure if it's DRAM or VRAM... maybe I'll do it one of these days :)
-
- Just read the numbers off the RAM chips you have installed -- it's a
- standard part.
-
- : > Also, how much does 2 Megs of this stuff cost these days?
-
- : I don't know, but in my opinion it's not worth upgrading. You only
- : get some more flickering or even interlaced modes and can open
- : bigger Autoscroll screens.
-
- I agree you don't get much more with a 4 MB card... Although I was
- able to define two 60 Hz NI screenmodes that don't fit in a 2 MB card
- (such as 1280x960x16bit @ 60 Hz). Plus, in order to be able to use
- draggable screens with two screens bigger then 1 meg, you'll need the
- extra RAM.
-
- So, if you want the 2 screenmodes you're missing, or want to have
- larger Autoscrool screens, or want to have large draggable screens,
- then you need 4 MB. If you're using a 14" monitor, I wouldn't bother.
- With a 17" or larger monitor it might be worthwile...
-
- Tom Kennedy
-