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- From: afriend@dew.Princeton.EDU (A. Friend)
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- Subject: Re: Warning about Diamond Speedstar 24
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.162428.25937@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 16:24:28 GMT
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- From article <1992Jul22.043122.10523@sinkhole.unf.edu>, by shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite):
- >
- > 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
-
- Are you sure it won't work with X386 1.2E? Even after the frequency setting
- kludge? Also someone mentioned it might not work with 0.96c patch 1 or 2,
- I need to know how sure they are and what is the reason. This is causing
- me panic. I am now running X386 1.2 Linux v 1.1 on this card. And I think
- from the discussions I read on the net, Diamond Speedstar is better than
- ProIIs in terms of performance|speed/price. If win3.1 can treat this
- card as a normal Speedstar and give 16 million colors, isn't something
- in X386 not following correct programming method?
-
- From what I read, even the speed-up for ET4000 will work on this card,
- as long as you have a virtual screen as wide as 1024, is this correct?
-
- Anyway, I agree those who haven't bought their new cards should not
- buy this card to save the trouble. But for those who already own
- the card, I think the card might have a better future unless the
- next version of X386 will definitely not work on it.
-
- In comp.ibm.pc.hardware:
- >bedi@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Rupinder S. Bedi) writes:
- >
- >>Has anybody heard anything about the Diamond Speedstar-24?
- >
- >Yes, in fact a friend and I just purchased ours for $159 at a local
- >store (Portland). I haven't had a chance to really put it through
- >the paces yet, but I will say that the performace in Windows in the
- >16 Million color mode on my 486/33 is very acceptable. The card
- >is simply a Diamond Speedstar with Hi-Color and 24-bit color modes.
- >Vidspeed reported nearly exactly the same timings as the
- >Diamond SpeedStar Plus that it replaced. The card comes with driver
- >for the usual popular products and Windows drivers for all modes including
- >Hi-Color, 24-bit, and 1280x1024 (!). I am VERY pleased with this
- >card so far, especially the price!
-
- >matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt) writes:
- >
- >>In article <amigo.710811812@milton> amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The Friend) writes:
- >>>
- >>> Just a questiona bout the Diamond Speedstar 24.. is it
- >>>really 24 million colors, and at what resolution? There isn't any
- >>>24 bit cards out yet for real cheap - but is this the first?
- >>>
- >>> --> Mike
- >
- >>No, it's not 24 million colors, it's 24bit/pixel, therefore 2^24 =
- >>16mill colours, and at 640x480.
- >
- >For whatever its worth, I have the SS24, and I love it:
- >
- >o Its an ET4000 card, therefore supported, and fast (well, not as fast
- > as an accelerated card...)
- >
- >o It'll do 1280x1024x16 @ 43.5Hz vertical refresh (ok, so it flickers, but
- > it sure is a lot of screen real estate if your monitor can do it)
- >
- >o It'll do 1024x768x256 @ 70Hz vertical refresh (crystal clear!)
- >
- >The hicolor modes, while slow(er than non-hicolor), are kinda fun. Though
- >I'm still looking for a picture viewer that supports it.
- >
- >640x480x16.7M,
- >800x600x32k <-- good comprimise of resolution/colors
- >
- >Well, my $.02 worth.
- >
-