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Fahrenheit VLB Experiences - Anyone else?

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From: Ralph Brown
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:30
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I've been corresponding with a couple of people about the Orchid
Fahrenheit VLB card (an S3 local bus card) and would like to broaden
this to others on the net.

I have one in a CONTAQ/UMC motherboard 66MHz DX2, UltraStor 34F LB
SCSI.  My system has the following problems:

In Windows in some modes (notably 1024x768x256) if a window is made
more than about half the screen height when it is dragged the outline
box leave vertical lines on the screen. Also happens with the cut
box in Windows Paint.

In Windows with some color schemes (e.g. Pastel) the background is 
partially filled with a pattern of dots, this can also happen in
applications with large color filled areas.

In Windows occasionally the mouse cursor picks up a small box (about
64x64 square) of the screen which follows it around for a while then
disappears.

Some non-windows programs cannot use the VESA extended VGA modes.
They work with DesignCAD 3D, DeluxePaint II Enhanced fails totally.

One person I got mail from has an AIR EISA motherboard with the same
problems I have.

Another has an AIR presumably ISA motherboard, no other local bus
cards, and no windows problems however he gets moving static on GIF
images and cannot get vpic or cshow to work.

Anyone else using this card - please post your experience good or bad.
Please state what motherboard, processor speed, other cards on the local
bus.

Thanks

Ralph
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