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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: NS486 Confusion - Some answers
- Message-ID: <BzHw3B.9J3@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1992Dec16.124603.2736@ornl.gov> <1992Dec18.124225.431@otago.ac.nz>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:13:45 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- athomson@otago.ac.nz (Alastair Thomson) writes:
-
- >16 Bit Color System Support:
-
- >Graphics Adapters - In order to provide adequate performance and
- >Color Quality, NeXTSTEP 486 requires High Performance "Workstation"
- >style Graphics Adapters. Many new Graphics Systems are being
- >introduced that meet these requirements, they include Intel JAWS
- >(such as DELL Processor-Direct Graphics), Chips and Technologies
- >Wingine, and certain Local Bus Graphics adapters. Depending upon the
- >size of available VRAM (Video RAM) resolutions of 800x600, 1024x768,
- >1120x832 and 1280x1024 will be supported. Graphics Adapters designed
- >for EISA based PC's are available (such as Compaq QVision 1024/E and
- >ATI Graphics Ultra Pro) or being developed, these are currently being
- >evaluated for performance and may provide an easy upgrade for
- >existing EISA PC's.
-
- Can someone authoritatively tell me:
- Will I be able to buy a video card that will run NS486 in Color that
- plugs into a VESA Local Bus slot?
- I am about to buy a 486 machine and this makes a big difference. I
- do not need to buy an EISA machine if I buy a machine with 3 Local
- Bus slots: One for an ATI Ultra Pro, one for a 32-bit hard drive
- adaptor, and one for a future product (maybe Ethernet). I would
- almost accept being told 'We're not sure that it will run with the
- ATI Local Bus card, BUT we can tell you that VESA Local Bus is fast
- enough and some card will exist that will make it run, like JAWS'.
- Anyone want to comment on this plan?
-
-
- >Additional Device Support:
-
- >Disk Interfaces - Both IDE and SCSI Hard Disk Interfaces will be
- >supported. SCSI adapters from Adaptec and DPT (for both ISA and EISA)
- >will be supported, with more to follow.
-
- Someone in a different thread was worried that IDE would not be
- supported. Hopefully Local Bus IDE controllers will be supported!
-
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- David Lemson (217) 244-1205
- University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
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