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HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY
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Video Cards
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The following video cards give good results for playback
when using the driver version indicated. Notes are
indicated in brackets following the driver version
number:
ATI Graphics Ultra ISA (ver 2.3)
ATI Gr. Ultra Plus ISA (ver 2.3) [1]
Diamond Speed Star ISA (ver 6.0) [*]
Diamond Speed Star Plus ISA (ver 1.08) [2]
Diamond Stealth 64 PCI (ver 1.22) [*]
Diamond Stealth Pro VLB (ver3.0) [3]
Diamond Viper PCI (ver 3.01) [*]
Diamond Viper VLB (ver 2.01) [*]
Headland 1024i ISA (ver 3.10) [*]
Headland Video 7 VRAM II VGA ISA (ver 3.10) [2]
Hercules Graphite Power ISA (ver 3.00)
Hercules Graphite Pro VLB (ver 2.21) [4]
IBM XGA Display MCA (ver 2.11)
Matrox Marvel II PCI (ver 1.20) [2,5,6]
Matrox MGA Power Graphics PCI (ver 1.42)
Number Nine 9GXE Level 64 PCI (ver 1.19.04)
Number Nine 9GXe Level 10 ISA (ver 4.15) [7]
Number Nine 9GXe Level 11 VLB (ver 3.10.061) [7]
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 ISA (ver 3.0)
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus VLB (Disk Rel. 7)
Orchid Fahrenheit VA VLB (ver 5.01)
Orchid Kelvin 64 PCI (ver 1.4) [*]
Orchid Kelvin 64 VLB (ver 1.4)
Orchid ProDesigner IIS IS (ver 2.0) [8]
RasterOps PaintBoard PC ISA (ver 3.10) [2]
Sigma Designs Reel Magic ISA (ver 1.11) [10]
Spider Black Widow VLB (N/A)
Trident 8900C ISA (ver 3.10) [2]
Trident 9000c ISA (VC4.5) [2]
TrueVision Bravado 8 ISA (ver. 2.0)
The following video cards failed tests:
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro VLB (ver 2.3) [11]
ATI Graphics Wonder VLB (ver 2.3)
ATI Graphics Xpression VLB (ver 1.1) [12]
Compaq QVision 1024 EISA (ver 7.42a) [13]
Compaq ISA (ver 7.42a) [13]
Genoa Windows VGA 24 VLB (ver 1.53) [14]
IBM XGA-2 MCA (ver 2.11)
Jazz Jakarta PCI (ver 1.0)
Jazz Jakarta VLB ver 1.0
STB Horizon VL Pro VLB (ver 1.3) [17]
Notes for Video Cards:
[*] Recommended
[1] Problems playing AVI
[2] 256 color only
[3] Has problems playing Director movies consecutively.
[4] Failed 800x600x16M tests
[5] 1024x768 monitor required.
[6] Supports MPEG.
[7] This card, as well as other S3 based #9 video cards
(except the XGE64) can play sound incorrectly when
used with certain PAS, PAS16, Sound Blaster, and MS
Sound System sound cards. This occurs during certain
transition effects. To correct the problem, use a
generic S3 driver set for your particular version of
the S3 chipset.
[8] Has problems running multiple Director movies.
[9] Snow during palette transitions
[10] Before running MPEG using driver version 1.11,
remove the file REELMGIC.QTC from the Windows
System directory. We have not tested whether
removing the driver is necessary with driver
version 2.20.
[11] Can't play AVI movies.
[12] GPFs occur when trying to run applications that
call QuickTime
[13] Authorware and QTW crash if QuickTime is installed
anywhere on the computer.
[14] Crashes playing Director movies
[15] Fails playing QuickTime movies
[16] Doesn't play QuickTime or AVI movies
[17] 640x480x16M not tested
Sound Cards
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The following sound cards give good results for playback:
ATI Stereo F/X ISA (ver 1.2) [*]
Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 ISA (ver 3.02)
Creative Labs Soundblaster AWE32 ISA (ver 3.01)
Creative Labs Soundblaster Pro ISA (ver 2.10)
MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum ISA (ver 1.45)
MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum 16 ISA (ver 3.00)
Microsoft Sound System 1.0 ISA (ver 1.0)
Microsoft Sound System 2.0 ISA (ver 2.0)
Orchid Fahrenheit VA VLB (ver 5.1) [1]
The following sound cards failed tests for playback:
Creative Labs SoundBlaster ISA (ver 3.1)
IBM M-Audio MCA (ver 1.03)
Notes for Sound Cards:
[*] Recommended
[1] Doesn't play 16-bit WAVE sounds
Other Compatibility Issues
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The CD Technology CD-ROM driver version 1.2.2a2
has been tested and shown to slow down CD-ROM
throughput. If you have trouble with sounds or
movies skipping when using this driver, change
to a different driver.