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- From: rjw@sylvester.cvs.rochester.edu (Robert Wilson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Advice needed on graphics boards
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.160253.11472@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:02:53 GMT
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- Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY
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- I need a graphics board for the A3000UX here at work. We have a
- Sony Trinitron CPD-1302, and a lot of the real estate just isn't
- being used by the Unix side. Plus, we want color on the Unix side,
- and more than the standard number on the AmigaDos side.
-
- I've gotten two tips. One is that GfxBase makes a good board,
- called GDA-1 (or GDA-2 if you get 2 Meg of on-board RAM instead of 1),
- but they don't have a driver for the Unix side. Dale at GfxBase
- tells me that as soon as they come out with one, it'll be free to
- people who've already bought the board.
-
- I'm also told that Commodore has a board, but I'm not sure on
- details. Is it the A2410? Someone mentioned the "Tiga" board?
- I imagine this has Unix side drivers.
-
- What I'm looking for is information and advice. Can people tell
- me of their experiences with these and/or any other boards? Before
- investing several hundred dollars I'd like to know what I'm in for.
-
- Posting or e-mail are fine. Thanks.
-
- -Robert
-