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- From: dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
- Subject: Re: SpeedSTAR 24X performance?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:52:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.125250.26562@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: SpeedSTAR 24X
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- In article <l8vouqINN538@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu> terry@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu (Terry Lee) writes:
- > With all the discussions about the SpeedSTAR 24X, there is still one
- > thing I'm wondering about: is a special driver required to obtain its max.
- > performance, or is any regular Paradise SVGA driver sufficient? Also, has
- > anyone gotten it to work under X386? Please help; I'm wondering if I should
- > trade in my SpeedSTAR 24 while I still can. Advanced thanks for any help!
- >
- > ----------
- > Terry Lee
- > terry@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu
-
- I don't know that anyone has tested the 24X with X386 1.2E yet, but my
- understanding is that, with the standard Paradise driver, you will be
- limited 800x600, and no accelleration. There are additional registers
- that need to be programmed to get the additional functionality. Also,
- the 24X uses the same new clock-select logic that keeps the 24 from
- working correctly with X386 1.2E. We are working this issue, too.
-
- My advise to you is to trade in your SpeedStar 24 on an Orchid ProDesigner
- IIs. I can't give any time tables on when X386 1.2E will support the
- 24 and 24X, because we have not yet been able to obtain the information
- we need from Diamond.
-
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