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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Trident Video cards
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.224943.8031@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <dlcogswe.727643972@vela>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:49:43 GMT
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- In article <dlcogswe.727643972@vela> dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell) writes:
- >Considering Trident's exemplary support of OS/2 2.0, I thought
- >I'd consider a purchase of one of their cards. Can someone give me some
- >info on them? Which is the fastest? Do any have 8 bit DACs (i.e., a
- >24-bit palette)? Are any accelerated?
-
- I do not believe Trident's accelerated adapters are available yet, but
- they are working on it.
-
- Trident seems to offer a solid, well supported, albeit sluggish
- SuperVGA adapter. The HiColor upgrade is available -- the adapter can
- ship with or without one.
-
- They are very inexpensive. Look in Computer Shopper and you'll find
- several vendors with Trident 8900C 1MB SuperVGA adapters for under
- $60.
-
- >If you own one, send me mail with your impressions of it (or post if you
- >think others might be interested).
-
- No real complaints -- they've been very OS/2-savvy, and I certainly
- appreciate that. Certainly worth the price, but don't expect blinding
- performance for $60.
-
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