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Re: Everex STEP 386/33 and Viewpoint VRAM SVGA Card

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From: Phil smith
Date: Sun, 19 May 1991 20:57
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In article <1991May16.025135.642@pinhead.pegasus.com>, todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
> In article <1991May10.130609.7369@hellgate.utah.edu> u-mwong%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Michael Wong) writes:
>>   I'd like to get some opinions from people who own one of these items
>>I've listed above.  Particularly, I'd like more information on the Everex
>>VRAM SVGA card.   How does it speed compare with most other cards?  It has
>>1Meg RAM and supports up to 1024x768 @256 colors and 1280x1024 @16 colors.
>>I noticed that it has the Tseng 4000 chip on it.  Would the Seiko CM-1450 
>>monitor (non-interlaced), which is what I have planned to get for the card,
>>work well with it?  I'd appreciate any info on these items!
> 
> We had an Everex VRAM VGA card for a while and I would recommend against
> buying it until Everex gets their driver problems under control. We had one
> in an Everex Step 386/33 with all parts from Everex (including drives,
> memory, EverSync CRT, etc.). We found all kinds of DOS and Windows programs
> that just would not work with the VRAM in the system. So, we yanked it out
> and put in a less sophisticated Everex card (I can't recall the model # at
> the moment) and now everything works.



This is interesting.  I have been posting requests for aid because my
new i486 computer is acting strangely.  I wonder how much of that may
be due to the fact that I am using an Everex VGA TC card?  Anyone else
have one?  Any problems?



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Opinions? My employer doesn't allow me to have any - these are borrowed.
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From: smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith)
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Subject: Re: Everex STEP 386/33 and Viewpoint VRAM SVGA Card
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Date: 19 May 91 20:57:38 GMT
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