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- From: rhealey@dellr4.digibd.com (Rob Healey)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Warning about Diamond Speedstar 24
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.195919.1176@digibd.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 19:59:19 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.043122.10523@sinkhole.unf.edu>
- Sender: @digibd.com
- Organization: DigiBoard Incorporated, Eden Prairie, MN
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- In article <1992Jul22.043122.10523@sinkhole.unf.edu>, shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite) writes:
- |> 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. :-(
- |>
- Hmm, did you apply the patches that add the HiColor option
- to X386? The Diamond boards with the 32k colors run GREAT
- with the patch and setting HiColor in the Xconfig file.
-
- -Rob
-