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From: Brian Powell
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1991 21:56

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(previousely posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware)

Hello to all of the VGA-Gurus out there.  I have a question about super VGA...

	I just purchased a VGA card from Packard Bell called the PBSVGA.  It
has 512K and is supposed to support the hi-res (800x600x256, 1024x768x16) modes.
The card uses a VGA chipset from a company called Oak Technologies.  I am a
little new to VGA programming, but doesn't every super VGA chipset need to be
programmed differently (ie: register values and locations, port numbers, etc)
when accessing the hi-resolution modes?  If this is correct, then I have
another question, does anyone out there know this information for the "Oak
Technologies"  VGA chipset???

	I have repeatedly tried calling Packard Bell tech support and they keep
telling me that they don't have this information and that I should call Oak
Technologies.  Then, when I call Oak technologies, they are quite rude and tell
me that Packard Bell must handle ALL end-user questions and that I have no
business calling them about it.  I am getting very tired of this run around.

Thanks in advance for ANY help at all on this problem...

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+--The Ohio Supercomputer Center----------------------------------------------+
|                                            Brian S. Powell  bpowell@osc.edu |
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