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- From: rohrer@fncrd6.fnal.gov (Keith Rohrer)
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- Subject: Re: Snow with Paradise video card
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- Date: 13 Aug 92 21:23:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.051702.10191@ultb.isc.rit.edu> ajb8886@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >In regards to the "snow" problem with the Paradise (or virtually any card)
- >the permanent solution is to replace the RAMDAC with an equivalent RAMDAC
- >preferably of a different brand. The way some older RAMDACS handle color
- >cycling causes "snow" to appear. Just make sure the speed rating of the
- >replacement RAMDAC is the same speed or higher.
- Mine gives me snow under Ultima 7 and under the DJGPP sample program
- in the GRTASK directory, the latter putting up a fixed pattern and
- cycling the colors, but I don't see such an effect under Fractint when
- I color cycle (or when I don't), and I don't think Ultima 7 palette
- cycles (though it could be *changing* the palette...).
- But this is a Sierra HiColor DAC, the 32kcolor variety, on a ~1 yr. old
- Swan Palette Plus card (generic ET4000)...does that count as "old"?
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- [deleted]
- >Alex
- >AJB8886@RITVAX.RIT.EDU
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- Keith
- (rohrer@fncrd0.fnal.gov)
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