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- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!bbrown
- From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
- Subject: Re: Diamond STEALTH 24
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.202230.20205@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <92213.104228MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:22:30 GMT
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- Matt Richmond <MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
-
- >Hi all. I've been reading this group for awhile now and have seen a
- >few posts pertaining to the Diamond SpeedStar 24, and the upcoming
- >Stealth 24. Does anyone know if a normal Stealth will be able to be
- >converted to 24bit capabilities, like with the simple addition of
- >a chip? Or will it require an entire new card? Thanks much for
- >any info.
-
- A guy on CompuServe who seems to know his stuff really well says
- that the clock will be different as well as the RAMDAC. Also,
- I'd guess the BIOS would have to be different too. So that's
- three chips. I'm not sure which are socketed and if the other
- chips on the board depend on properties of these chips.
- My guess is no, you could not upgrade, but of course, I don't
- know.
-
- >--Matt Richmond
-
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