Wowowo! The SpeedStar 24X IS as impressive as they say!

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From: Alan Wen (409) 693-2924
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 02:30

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I just got my 24x today and am thoroughly impressed with it's speed
under windoze 3.1.  Scrolling through documents, opening/resizing windows,
and moving pictures around in image programs were where I mostly noticed
the improvements over my SpeedStar24.  

HOWEVER, since the 24x doesn't use the Tseng ET4000's, I'm having trouble
finding software other than Windows stuff (like Halo Imager that came with
the card) to take advantage/work with it...  Diagnostics programs tell
me that I have a Paradise card so I'm using the paradise drivers in most
DOS prgs but the paradise driver is a bit old I suppose and they don't
support 1024x768 even in relatively new prg's like AutoMap2.0... which
I recently rented from a local store.

What about VPIC or what ever version of GWS?  If these prg's are descent,
where would I be able to download them as well as a few Hi or True color
pic's to view?  MOST of the JPEG pic's I have were compressed from
256clr gif files anyway so they don't help much.

I'd appreciate any recommendation on software that supports this
really NICE/cheap card.

alan

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