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- From: jfr@tellabs.com (John Ryder)
- Subject: Help needed with 24-bit SVGA board using Cirrus chip (Boca / STB)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.185104.28745@tellab5.tellabs.com>
- Sender: news@tellab5.tellabs.com (News)
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- Organization: Tellabs, Lisle,IL
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:51:04 GMT
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- Hello Out There,
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- I`m having some problems with a 24-bit color board that I installed in my
- PC last week. Actually, I've tried two different cards, but both use the same
- video DAC. The first board I tried was the STB Evolution VGA card with 1 MB
- ram. I took it back because the Windows 3.0 drivers didn't work, the amount
- of memory reported by the card often said 256K instead of 1024K, and many
- of the programs that I have that support VESA modes didn't work with this
- card, even though it's supposed to be VESA-compliant. I then went out and
- bought a Boca Super X VGA card. After getting home, I discovered it also uses
- the Cirrus GD-54XX (not sure of number here) chip. Though this card is more
- reliable in reporting the amount of memory present, it still doesn't work at
- all or works incorrectly in standard VESA modes like 640x480x256. Either that
- or VESA compatible programs keep telling me that my card does not support
- the mode I'm trying to use. This card replaced a Video 7 1024I card that
- worked fine in these modes. I did have to load a TSR driver for VESA
- modes to work with the Video 7 board. However, there were no similar drivers
- included with either the STB or the Boca board.
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- Does anyone else out there have either of these cards? I'd be interested in
- hearing if you are having similar problems. It's great having 24-bit color
- capabilities, but the quirky operation of the card in general is driving me
- up a wall. I'd be grateful for any hekp anyone can offer.
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- John Ryder / Tellabs
- jfr@tellabs.com ..uunet!tellab5!jfr
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