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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Supported SVGA cards
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.174510.10870@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov9.024117.852@novell.com> <DyXZTB1w164w@geloser.login.qc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:45:10 GMT
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- In article <DyXZTB1w164w@geloser.login.qc.ca> rider@geloser.login.qc.ca (Serge Ayotte) writes:
- >> I am not happy with the scroll rate of the ET4000 drivers. I am considering
- >> buying an ATI Ultra graphics + or pro. I don't understand what you mean
- >> when you say that ATI users haven't had much luck. One can always use their
- >> ATI card in 8514 mode which gives you 1024x768x256c. I don't see any problem
- >> with this. Who cares about seamless windows anyway.
- >(Hoping I'm not putting my foot in my mouth... (-; )
- >As much as I know, the 8514 mode is an INTERLACED mode, and most of the
- >people I know (including myself once I have enough money to buy a card
- >an monitor) that want's to run in 1024X768X256c want to run in
- >NON-INTERLACED so as not to get crossed eye. And I do care about seemles
- >window because I still have to work for the office with some DOS or win
- >based prg.
-
- Er, no. The 8514/A standard does not mandate interlaced mode. In
- fact, under OS/2 2.0 you can run up to 72 Hz noninterlaced in 1024x768
- 256 colors with the ATI 8514/A hardware compatible adapters (Vantage,
- Ultra, etc).
-
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