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- From: shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Warning about Diamond Speedstar 24
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.043122.10523@sinkhole.unf.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 04:31:22 GMT
- Organization: Univ. of North Florida
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- I recently ordered a Diamond Speedstar HIColor and the manual called it
- the Diamond Speedstar 24. Are these the same card? If so, then they've
- changed something since the beginning of '92 because you can't get the
- dot clocks so X386 can set your monitor into modes about 640x480.
- This is because X386 1.2E reports:
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- 25 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 (the 13 may be a 12, forgot)
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- The report in the mode X386 database gives dot clock values for the
- Diamond Speedstar HIColor but I'm thinking this person had an older
- card that didn't have these programmable dot clocks (VCO chip???)
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- I wanted to warn people about this card because even though it's an et4000
- chipset, it's no good if you can't get at or program the dot clocks so
- we can use it for X386 1.2E work. Also because I had recommended it to
- this group based on the knowledge of what was in the mode X386 database
- (the database reports dot clocks so I'm very confused here) and everybody's
- high praise on the net over the last year for their Diamond Speedstar line
- of cards. I apologize. I'm paying my just deserts now for having to
- send it back and take the hit on the 15% restocking fee. :-(
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- Steve Hite
- shite@sinkhole.unf.edu
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