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- From: smithbm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Azrak)
- Subject: Re: ATI Ultra PRO 24-bit?
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:14:32 GMT
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- David Eugene Dwiggins <dd2x@ANDREW.CMU.EDU> writes:
-
- >Nope, you won't be able to write a nifty program to get the card into
- >unusual modes, because ATI is not going to tell you how.
-
- >I was going to get an Ultra+, and I called ATI, and they said that if
- >I wrote them a note on company letterhead stating the reason I wanted to
- >know how to program their card they would consider selling me the
- >programming information.
-
- >I thought about telling them if they should send me a letter on company
- >letterhead why I should buy a product that they won't tell me how to use.
- >But I refrained, and cancelled my order.
-
- >DON'T BUY ATI PRODUCTS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW PROGRAMMING INFORMATION.
-
- >Gene
-
- Huh????
-
- You mean the manual you get with the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro doesn't
- tell you how to switch into 640x480x16.7M mode???
-
- My manual from the ATI VGAWonder 256k (yes, old) told me what HEX
- value to use to switch into any mode the card supported, and even
- told me how the bit planes were organized.
-
- Do you have a manual in front of you?
- Would you please tell me what it DOES have? I assume it tells you
- the usual stuff about installation and specs, but nothing about
- what resolutions/modes/colors it supports?
-
- Boy, I cannot wait to go home and read the manual. Must be 4 pages long.
-
- - Brian (smithbm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu)
-