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- Path: sparky!uunet!van-bc!bhenning
- From: bhenning@wimsey.bc.ca (Bill Henning)
- Subject: Re: Diamond Speedstar 24X {I know I know..please dont kill me}
- Organization: Wimsey Information Services
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 05:20:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <C0KMtE.239@wimsey.bc.ca>
- References: <1993Jan4.050646.25899@athena.mit.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan4.050646.25899@athena.mit.edu> AN72958%LTUVAX.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu writes:
- >I hate to ask this but one of my friends need at 24 bit card to handle
- >full color... They have an Orchid Pro II now and want to upgrade.
- ...
- >I am also told that the Genoa card (dont know model) is also 24 bit but
- >has less support on the Dos side and I haven't seen it in stores.
-
- Genoa Multimedia 7900 does 640x480x16M
-
- >h.... and one tiny little thing... I dont suppose the the Xconfigs for
- >the Speedstar 24X let X windows use and recognize that the card can do
- >the full 16.7 million colors??
- >
-
- Nope, the current XFree does not know about the 24bit modes (as far as
- I know, and I'd be delighted to be wrong in this case)
-
- >-bye...
- >
- >thanks in advance.. i hope.
- >
- > - Alex Nemirovsky
- > Larry Tech University
- > Southfield, Mi.
-
- You are wellcome.
-
- Bill
-