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- From: bruno@athena.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Bruno Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4
- Subject: Re: Dell issue 2.2 video
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.071707.17297@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 07:17:07 GMT
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- andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt) writes:
- >ricks@odin.isc-br.com (Rick Schaeffer) writes:
- >>
- >>question to the net is: What is the BEST video card to use with this system?
- >>I've read in the documentation that the ATI Ultra is supported...am I
- >>likely to see significant improvement if I get this card for use with
- >>Unix and X (Xmach server)? Any gotchas?
- ^^^^^^^^^^^
- Kinda.
-
- I just got myself an ATI Graphics Ultra, and am mostly pleased with
- it. Under Dell 2.2, running Xmach at 1024x768x256, on a (very non-Dell :-)
- 486-33, I'm getting 68,000 Xstones. It's *great*.
-
- BUT I can't seem to make a native VGA DOS image under Merge. The
- screen just blanks out, and the thing sits there. What this means is
- that I can't access any of the non-standard VGA modes under DOS. Same
- story on another machine (different hadrware brand).
-
- Has anyone managed to do this with a Graphics Ultra?
-
- Naturally, neither Dell nor Locus answer my mail on this topic, which
- seems strange, particulary since this card is actually supported
- by Dell, and is a name-brand item to boot.
-
- >I can't speak to the _best_ card, but I have a system with the ET4000 chipset
- >and my brother has the ATI Ultra. The Ultra is _much_ faster with the Xmach
- >server. I am likely to go that route soon, too.
-
- Yup. I agree entirely. Before getting the Graphics Ultra, I tried
- out a cheap (100CDN$) ET4000 card, and got 12,000 Xstones.
-
- Bruno
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