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Article #19447Re: Western Digital's WD90C30 and WD90C31 for VGA
From: Bailey Brown
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:47
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:47
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boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes: >>> the same chip. Depends on Hardware implementation and software (drivers). >>> The Speedstar 24X comes with monitor model specific drivers. >My Speedstar 24X didn't come with monitor model specific drivers! It >came with a (DOS only) program, 24xmode, which allows you to select >the behavior for the various video modes. You usually set them by >selecting a particular monitor from the list, but you can also set >them (refresh rate, sync polarities) for each mode the card supports. >Nice. But the program must be run each time you boot, so if you aren't >using DOS, it is useless. What you say is true about 24XMODE, but there are DIP swtiches on the board that let you specify which refresh rate is used with which mode. I think it defaults to these settings if 24XMODE hasn't been run (which would be the case when not using DOS. ------------ Bailey Brown "Above all else, confusion reigns." Intergraph Corporation bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com Procol Harum
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!infonode!bbrown From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) Subject: Re: Western Digital's WD90C30 and WD90C31 for VGA Message-ID: <1993Jan22.044700.29357@infonode.ingr.com> Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL. References: <1993Jan19.152109.29542@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1993Jan19.155026.14839@cs.unca.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:47:00 GMT Lines: 22