cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) (05/06/91)
Is it possible to put a Super VGA card into an XT and get all the video modes? I am specifically looking for 640x480x256 and 320x200x256. matt.
buch@csc-sun.mckinsey.com (Michael Bucci) (05/14/91)
In article <1991May6.115535.5317@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes: > >Is it possible to put a Super VGA card into an XT and get all the >video modes? It would be possible if you could find an 8-bit Super VGA card (good luck)! >I am specifically looking for 640x480x256 and 320x200x256. Even if you could, 640x480 graphics would be extremely SLOW on an XT. buch@mckinsey.com ====> Michael Bucci McKinsey & Company, Inc. Cambridge, MA
amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) (05/15/91)
In <1991May13.205551.1369@mck-csc.mckinsey.com> buch@csc-sun.mckinsey.com >In <1991May6.115535.5317@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au >>Is it possible to put a Super VGA card into an XT and get all video modes? >It would be possible if you could find an 8-bit Super VGA card (good luck)! Not true, there are several, and all better cards autosense when in a 8 bit slot and `disable' the 16 bit extension. >>I am specifically looking for 640x480x256 and 320x200x256. >Even if you could, 640x480 graphics would be extremely SLOW on an XT. Most all Super VGA cards have enough memory onboard. Being in a XT only slows it down by about 1/2 due to a 8 bit slot. The big factor is clock rate of the system, and more importantly, the speed of the bios. If the XT system were using a inboard 386 pc, the video would be quite fast. al -- Al. Michielsen, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University InterNet: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu amichiel@sunrise.acs.syr.edu Bitnet: AMICHIEL@SUNRISE