In defense of lowly Z-449

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2 total messages Started by RFM Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:40

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Author: RFM
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:40

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I admit that Z449 maybe ain't the greatest video card in the world,
but I've been running a 1390 and Z449 combo most every day for almost
3 years now, and they both keep chuggin' along. 'Course, every now and
then when I boot up (or more likely, reboot), the thing seems to lose
or maybe gain pixels; I'll get umlat-like marks above "m"s and "r"s and
other weird things. Half-dots on top of lower-case i's. But what the
heck: variety is the spice of life, etc.  As long as the system doesn't
smoke or flame, I'll keep using.
BobM, PSU-Harrisburg

Re: In defense of lowly Z-449

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Author: Chad Price
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:05

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<RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>I admit that Z449 maybe ain't the greatest video card in the world,
>but I've been running a 1390 and Z449 combo most every day for almost
>3 years now, and they both keep chuggin' along. 'Course, every now and
>then when I boot up (or more likely, reboot), the thing seems to lose
>or maybe gain pixels; I'll get umlat-like marks above "m"s and "r"s and
>other weird things. Half-dots on top of lower-case i's. But what the
>heck: variety is the spice of life, etc.  As long as the system doesn't
>smoke or flame, I'll keep using.

All very nice, but if you want (or have to ) run Microsoft C 6.0, the video
mode does not come up correctly some of the time when you reboot. 

Also, OS/2 1.3 and 2.0 cannot deal with the 449: the screen immediately becomes
unreadable when booting.

ie: The card is so incompatible with the VGA standard, I cannot recommend that
anyone use it if they have a choice.

--
chad
price@helios.unl.edu
cprice@molecular.unmc.edu

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