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Re: Beware ET4000 w32p and COM4 (was: What is a Well Supported VGA Card)

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From: ctimmer Hague
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:00
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In <4s47v6$ch3@kettle.magna.com.au>, engineer@scandic.com.au writes:
>In <31E591C6.41C67EA6@suphys.physics.usyd.edu.au>, Gekko <joes@suphys.physics.usyd.edu.au> writes:
>>Matt Hyne wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone tell me a decent card that they have found that can do
>>> 1024x768x256 @ 72Hz or better.
>>> 
>> I currently have a Tseng labs et4000 w32p card and i'm very happy with it
>[slurp]
>BEWARE!
>At my company we experienced problems with the ET4000 w32p interfering with the
>COM4 (0x2E8 - 0x2EF) address range. This is similar to the ATI Graphics Pro Turbo
>(which I have at home) but at least ATI tells you about it!. The symptoms were:
>spurious NULLs and 0x80 characters coming out of COM4 when any video activity
>occurred (mouse moving, opening-, closing-, sizing- windows etc). Changed the
>graphics card to a Trident or Diamond and the problem went away. Just a word of
>warning to let you know.
>Cheers
>Chris Hoffmann.

Hello, this is DTH. I have the same ET4000 (W32) card. Have you got
some drivers for OS/2 Warp for me to get it working. My refresh rate is
a very big problem. Thanks anyway. PS, a good PCI-card is NOT a trident.
That is a very slow videocard. Try a ATI MACH 64 and that will solve your
problems. I have, if you want them, some goo drivers for it. Mail me:

ctimmer@caiw.nl
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From: ctimmer@The Hague
Subject: Re: Beware ET4000 w32p and COM4 (was: What is a Well Supported VGA Card)
Date: 1996/07/15
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