Re: Opinions wanted: Diamond SpeedStar 24x

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From: David W Fraser
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:00

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In article <4f2G=Qi00WB7FOaHZn@andrew.cmu.edu> tn10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tony Niderost) writes:
>I have a Speedstar 24x and it IS a pretty fast card for the money.
>However, there are other cards, such as the Paradise Windows Accel that
>is pretty much identical for a few bucks less. The 24x currently has a
>bug in its 256 color drivers that makes Winword 2.0 crash when accessing
>the Tools|Options menu. Their tech support staff was worthless, and they
>never returned my frequent voice-mail help requests. They are working on
>a fix for the driver, but no news yet (does anyone have any news?) 

Is this only under Winword 2.0, or under winword 2.0a & b as well?
I have 2.0a and I am using the 1024x768x256 driver and it doesnt crash.
Ive used the drivers in release 1.0 and 2.02.  Am I just lucky or does this
only happen at a lower resolution?
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