Re: Stealth 64 Video VRAM and NT 4 (was Re: Diamond Stealth 64 and NT 4)

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From: Steve Neal
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:00

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joshia@com.msu.edu (Amaresh Joshi) wrote:

>Steve Neal <sneal@tcp.co.uk> writes:
>> tagle@latcs1.cs.latrobe.edu.au (Pierre Tagle) wrote:
>> >G'day.  I know Diamond's Stealth64 cards are supported under NT4 and I have
>> >gotten mine to work without any problems.
>> How did you manage that? If I load the S3 driver the PC hangs! Only
>> works with generic VGA drivers:-( Why buy a 2Meg stealth 64 VRAM and
>> only get 16 colours?!

>i've got the Stealth 64 Video VRAM card. i can load the s3 drivers
>and start windows. but the screen is garbled. i get all kinds
>of garbage (vertical lines, ghost images, window trails, etc).
>like your it works okay only in generic (s)vga.

>i called diamond tech support and they said it must be the
>video memory. but that doesn't explain why it works just
>fine (1024x768, 65k colours, 100hz refresh) with NT 3.51.

Sorry to hear you have problems too, but I'm pleased it's not just my
PC. I'm waiting for an e-mail back from Diamond tech supp.
Mine too works OK under NT3.51 and Win95 (1152x768x16K colours)

Steve Neal
sneal@tcp.co.uk

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Subject: Re: Stealth 64 Video VRAM and NT 4 (was Re: Diamond Stealth 64 and NT 4)
Date: 1996/09/24
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