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- From: joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: To XGA-2 or not
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.223924.4900@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 22:39:24 GMT
- References: <1993Jan3.215503.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> <1993Jan5.205435.28825@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Sender: joker@ask.diku.dk
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
- Lines: 36
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan3.215503.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> cvetp036@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes:
-
- >>So I've heard good things about XGA-2 from IBM so far.
- >>
- >>Is this card accelerated or coprocessor? Can someone give me some general data
- >>like when it will be out, cost, and what res. it can do.
-
- >The XGA-2 card, like the XGA is fully coprocessor based. It is very
- >fast. With it's OS/2 drivers, you'll get to pick from the following
- >resolutions (with 2MB of memory on board):
- ---> Where did you get that from???
- The XGA-2 I'm using only has 1Mb without any possibility of putting another
- Mb into it!!!
-
- > 640x480 (16, 256, or 64K colors)
- > 800x600 (16, 256, or 64K colors)
- > 1024x768 (16, or 256 colors)
- Not to mention:
- 1280x1024 (16 colors, Interlaced 50hz)
-
- >The board supports other modes, but I don't think the OS/2 drivers (at
- >this time) do.
-
- Yes it does! In the SP there's the right drivers for 1280x1024. I've it right
- now, although I prefer 1024x768 usually.
-
- >There is a large file explaining the XGA-2 specs on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
- >Look in /pub/os2/2.0/info for it.
-
- Christian
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- M. Christian Holmgreen / joker@diku.dk / mochmch@uts.uni-c.dk
- M.Sc. student, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Computer Science
- "Human errors can only be avoided if one can avoid the use of humans"
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