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- From: dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
- Subject: Re: Warning about Diamond Speedstar 24
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:28:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.002841.476@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Jul22.043122.10523@sinkhole.unf.edu> <9790@fs3.cam.nist.gov>
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- In article <9790@fs3.cam.nist.gov> crosson@cam.nist.gov (Robert Crosson) writes:
- > 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
-
-
- If someone will put me in contact with Diamond's technical support (e.g.
- phone number), I will try get the appropriate information from them to
- get things working. If I can get this info, and someone is willing to
- test it out for me, we will release a patch to X386 1.2E 1.0 to get this
- working, since I expect a lot of people are going to start running into
- this problem.
-
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