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- From: crosson@cam.nist.gov (Robert Crosson)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Warning about Diamond Speedstar 24
- Message-ID: <9790@fs3.cam.nist.gov>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 18:15:57 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.043122.10523@sinkhole.unf.edu>
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- Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
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- In article <1992Jul22.043122.10523@sinkhole.unf.edu>, shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite) writes:
- |>
- |> 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:
- |>
- |> 25 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 (the 13 may be a 12, forgot)
- |>
- |> 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???)
- |>
- |> 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. :-(
- |>
- |>
- |>
- |> Steve Hite
- |> shite@sinkhole.unf.edu
-
- Please say this isn't so!!! I just ordered a Diamond SpeedStar 24, but
- before I did I called Diamond's technical assistance line to ask if it would
- run X386. They said it would. Has >anybody< been able to get this new
- board running?
-
- Bob Crosson
- crosson@cam.nist.gov
-