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Started by Paul Potts
Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:24
Local Bus Video - Who's doing it?
Author: Paul Potts
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:24
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:24
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Hi all, I'm looking for information on Local Bus video. We had been looking into buying a Gateway machine with a local bus ATI Graphics Ultra, but Gateway's speed in shipping and tech support record has been a little weak for my taste. So, then we were going to check out Dell. I called Dell today and their tech support told me that their Local Bus Video was *not* VESA- compatible, nor did it have slots - it was just an S3 chipset on the motherboard with their own interpretation. I'm looking for a local bus sytem that is VESA-compatible and that will allow me to put in a fast local bus video board, like the ATI Graphics Ultra implementation of Gateway's, and a local bus IDE controller. Is there anyone out there doing multimedia with local bus, or is it two early in the life cycle? I don't want to wind up with a motherboard that won't work with any later video boards. Does anyone know if Gateway's system is VESA-compatible and a solid, robust implementation likely to be around for awhile? Would I be better off buying a straight machine without local bus video and putting in an ATI Graphics Ultra? The goal is 320x200 15 frames per second video off of hard disk or, eventually, CD/ROM. Is this even realistic? We can get a 486/66 ISA machine to start with, but I would like feedback on doing digital video in this stage of the technology. If it is going to take us several more iterations before it works, I may go with an analog video solution for now. -- Politics is crime pursued by other means. potts@oit.itd.umich.edu CI$ 71561,3362 (rarely)
Re: Local Bus Video - Who's doing it?
Author: Larry Rowe
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:52
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:52
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In article <1jnbbiINN9e8@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>, potts@oit.itd.umich.edu (Paul Potts) writes: |> Hi all, |> I'm looking for information on Local Bus video. ... I just priced an Ares 486DX-66mhz machine. They have Vesa bus, I think. I'm getting the Diamon Viper CL-Bus Video card which seems to be the "card of the week." You can contact them at 1-800-322-3200. Ask for Gary at x7050. He processed my quote and did a fine job. Larry
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