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- From: rcskb@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Kendall Bennett)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: Graphics Library for the SpeedStar 24X?
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 00:34:45 GMT
- Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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- References: <1993Jan19.014737.10690@smos.com> <C18CM7.LLs@wimsey.bc.ca> <1993Jan22.190529.24896@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- nbb3647@ultb.isc.rit.edu (N.B. Bast) writes:
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- >RE: person who said SpeedStar 24X used S3 chip... (I screwed up the
- >post, and it didn't quote in right...)
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- > The SpeedStar24X uses a Westen Digital chip, not S3. the 24X is
- >minutely faster than a Tseng 4000 card in DOS, and has gotten better
- >winmark ratings than S3 based cards in the same machine... (this is
- >highly based upon Drivers though...) the 24X is also much cheaper than
- >most S3 cards. i.e. why buy S3?
-
- Could someone tell me what WD chip it uses? WD90c30? WD90c31? Some other
- chip (since I believe it has co-processed stuff on it right?).
-
- Thanks,
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