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Re: Direct Memory Mapped displays for NeXT 486 (besides Dell JAWS)

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From: Adrian Smith
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:09
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In article <1992Jul23.014214.14059@sfc.sony.com> berger@sfc.sony.com (Bob  
Berger) writes:
> The only one we have found so far is the Dell JAWS, does anyone know of  
other
> motherboard, VESA or EISA board display implementations that meet these
> requirements?

According to the release anouncements about NS486, the only colour spec  
the Intel port will support is JAWS. You *must* have video RAM on the  
system bus in order to run the colour OS. Nothing else is fast enough...
--
Adrian Smith
University of Alberta NeXT Campus Consultant
adrian@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca
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