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Re: Paradise VGA 1024 - Why no 800x600x256??

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From: Douglas Pokorny
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1991 05:16
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leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds) writes:


>Then why is it that paradise supplies a 800x600x256 Win3 driver (which does 
>not work on my 512k 1024x768 card)? ... some board of theirs must support 
>it ... anybody know which board it is?

That is because the Paradise 1024 card and most all OEM cards use the
WD90C00 display ASIC, while the first chip to support 800x600x256 is
the WD90C11.

-Douglas Pokorny

(drp@buhub.bradley.edu)
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