G.FUSSELL@SU-SCORE.ARPA (09/27/84)
From: Carl Fussell <G.FUSSELL@SU-SCORE.ARPA> Does anyone on the list have any information (or better yet, expierence) with a display controller by Everex? I am told it handles color or monochrome, graphics, and has 1 serial and 1 parallel port on it. I was wondering how well if works and how compatible/incompatible it is with IBM's controllers. thanx for any info... Carl -------
Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA (09/28/84)
From: Info-IBMPC Digest <Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA> Date: 25 Sep 1984 01:57-EDT Subject: Everex Display Controller From: JEWETT@USC-ISI.ARPA To: g.fussell@SU-SCORE.ARPA Cc: info-ibmpc@USC-ISIB.ARPA, jewett@USC-ISI.ARPA I recently purchased a PC, and selected the Everex display controller based on versatility. Although I only got a monochrome monitor, I wanted to be able to run software which uses the color adapter. The Everex trade mark for this board is "The Graphics Edge"--it's advertised in PC World. I'm a long way from having used all the features of this board, but here are some initial comments: - The color-to-monochrome conversion is really useful, but I had to tweak the monitor (a Taxan) to keep it in vertical sync when changing between modes. - It's advertised to be compatible with Hercules graphics. In fact, the Hercules driver for Framework does work--but I find the IBM character set easier to read. Makes a big difference on pie charts, though. - It's got a 132 column mode which is supposed to work with Lotus. I can't verify this, but Framework doesn't support it yet. - As usual for most products of this type, the documentation that comes with it is lousy. I hope that we'll see some tips from users more experienced with this board on how to get the most out of it. Tom Jewett -------