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- From: frederic@cs.unc.edu (Robin Fredericksen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Gateway experience (positive to date!)
- Message-ID: <17578@borg.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:27:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: borg.17578
- References: <743@wavefront.wti.com>
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- In article <743@wavefront.wti.com>, hb@wavefront.wti.com (H.B. Siegel) writes:
- |> Since there has been both positive and negative stuff flowing
- |> through the net about Gateway, I thought I'd my two bits and
- |> state:
- |>
- |> 1) I ordered a 486-66V (isa) with a 17" Nanao 550i & Telepath, Sept 21st.
- |> It arrived October 21st. I changed my mind about getting a tower case,
- |> while the system was in Q/A. They caught it and updated me to a tower
- |> case. I also added a CD-ROM to my order at the last minute, which
- |> they didn't catch. (Just as well - I'm still investigating that
- |> technology).
- |> 2) System arrived intact, ready-to-run, right out the box.
- |> Didn't even need to reseat the cards.
- |> 3) Systems has performed reliably for 3 weeks now (since arrival)
- |> a) Very occasional extraneously line on the display (due to early
- |> video drivers?
- |> b) One mysterious lockup during a game.
- |> c) I can't get 1280x1024x16 video to work. It is possible, isn't it?
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- The ATI Ultra Pro, as Gateway ships it, has the 68830 RAMDAC with 1Mb of memory.
- That RAMDAC won't do 64k colors, nor will it do 1280x1024x16 with only 1Mb
- of memory. Nor will that RAMDAC, apparently, do 1280x1024 NI *AT ALL*.
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- |> 4) Telepath modem works as advertised
- |> (at least up to 12k baud, I haven't gotten 14.4k to work yet).
- |> 5) Tech support on the modem wasn't too helpful.
- |>
- |> H.B.
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