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- From: THOMASG@epx.cis.umn.edu (ThomasD.Gasser)
- Subject: Re: windows driver for Zenith EGA card
- Message-ID: <THOMASG.916.716055435@epx.cis.umn.edu>
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- Organization: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota
- References: <Bu74Ew.4M7@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <009604EA.87D15620@vms.csd.mu.edu> <1992Sep9.134511.1895@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:17:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.134511.1895@ncsu.edu> anf@pesun.pec.ncsu.edu (Andre N. Fredette) writes:
- >From: anf@pesun.pec.ncsu.edu (Andre N. Fredette)
- >Subject: Re: windows driver for Zenith EGA card
- >Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:45:11 GMT
- >>|jaap@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jacob Vanmilgen) writes:
- >>|>I have an 'old' Zenith 286 (desktop) with a Z449 Advanced Graphics Adapter.
- >>|>This is an EGA card but it is supposed to display at 640x480 (16 colors)
- >>|>with the appropriate drivers.
- >
- >>|>The question: are there any updated drivers (Windows 3.x) for this video
- >>|> card available or is it possible to use the old driver?
- >
- >In article <009604EA.87D15620@vms.csd.mu.edu> 5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
- >> I have the same machine. I just use the windows ega driver. Although
- >>it is supposed to be a low-end vga, with vga driver the display
- >>always garbles. With windows ega driver it works fine.
- >
- >I have this video card in a Zenith 386 system. I even got a VGA monitor
- >when my EGA monitor quit working. I have been using Windows in EGA mode,
- >but since the Z449 card is capable of VGA resolution (640x480x16), it would
- >be nice if it could be used in VGA mode. I would also be interested
- >if anyone has any solutions.
- >
- >Andre
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Andre N. Fredette -------------------- NCSU Computer Science
- > anf@pesun.pec.ncsu.edu --------------- Precision Engineering Center
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------
- >
-
- Replace the 449 with a cheap VGA card. The 449 does not support VGA. It
- was designed via the VGA spec supplied by IBM before the PS/2 came out (the
- first computer to support VGA). It is bios compatable to VGA but not
- hardware compatable. This is what gives it the 640x480 res. Zenith will
- not be providing a driver for VGA resolution for this card.
-
- With VGA cards under $100 you should just upgrade to VGA and everything will
- work great.
-
-
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