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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!ingr!b23a!horsies!randy
- From: randy@horsies.uucp (Randy Hopper)
- Subject: ATI VGA Wonder XL24 -- INFO REQUEST
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.231530.18806@b23a.b23a.ingr.com>
- Summary: Requesting info on XL24 performance & compatibility w/ [C,E,V]GA
- Keywords: VGA ATI Graphics Cards
- Sender: usenet@b23a.b23a.ingr.com (USENET)
- Organization: Intergraph
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 23:15:30 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- I'm interested in finding out if anyone has any facts about the ATI VGA
- Wonder XL24 card that they'd care to pass on (both +s and -s, about the
- card and ATI support/tech info).
-
- I'm in the market to get a graphics card that supports > 256 colors in high
- res modes, and I'm not concerned with Windows performance. However, I
- would like that card to be fast in DOS and custom applications. I'd
- definitely want to get the specs on how to address the card's graphics
- modes. Price is also a consideration. My understanding is that the XL24
- supports:
-
- 640x480 24-bit color (16.7M)
- 800x600 15-bit color (32767)
- 1024x768 8-bit color ( 256)
-
- What I don't know is:
-
- 1) Does this card have the other 256/16 color modes supported by the
- original VGA wonder, and if so, are they addressed in the same
- way?
-
- 2) Is there info available on how to program the new modes? I've
- called the ATI BBS and only found the old XL programming info
- (PROGINFO.ZIP) which I already have a copy of. I didn't
- see any prog. info for any of the newer cards, including the
- Ultra, Ultra +, Ultra Pro, and the XL24.
-
- 3) How does the speed of this card stack up against other cards (the
- original Wonder, or the Wonder XL for example).
-
- 4) Is this card at least as compatible with CGA, EGA, and std VGA as
- the original VGA Wonder. I want to make sure that I'll still
- be able to run all my old programs with no problems.
-
-
- I'd appreciate any information that you can send me. References to reviews
- would be much appreciated (I haven't seen any so far).
-
- Also, please MAIL ANY RESPONSES TO THE ADDRESS BELOW, NOT THE ONE IN THE
- HEADER OF THIS MESSAGE. "horsies" is having trouble receiving messages.
-
- Thanks in advance!
-
- Randall Hopper
- randy@web.b15.ingr.com
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