steve@slovax.UUCP (Steve Cook) (01/08/88)
Hi, this is my first posting, so.... lots of flames ok??? Sorry about the subject line. Anyway, to buisness : I've heard rumors that some of the new vga cards for pc's don't actually work! Is this true??? I have a pc xt clone (1200 for 640k, herc card with parrallel, monitor, 30 meg hard drive, 360k floppy, and mouse. Some one was asking about good prices.) I would like to upgrade sometime soon to vga and monitor. Question is : What cards are good working values, and what sort of monitor do I need, something like the NEC Multisync??? Thanks for any help!!! Steve Cook, Blithering Idiot *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MISCONCEPTIONS ***
donovan@cg-atla.UUCP (Dennis Donovan X5176) (01/08/88)
In article <2667@slovax.UUCP> steve@slovax.UUCP (Steve Cook) writes: >Hi, this is my first posting, so.... lots of flames ok??? >Sorry about the subject line. Anyway, to buisness : I've heard >rumors that some of the new vga cards for pc's don't actually >work! Is this true??? I have a pc xt clone (1200 for 640k, herc >card with parrallel, monitor, 30 meg hard drive, 360k floppy, >and mouse. Some one was asking about good prices.) I would like >to upgrade sometime soon to vga and monitor. Question is : What >cards are good working values, and what sort of monitor do I need, >something like the NEC Multisync??? Thanks for any help!!! > >Steve Cook, Blithering Idiot > >*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MISCONCEPTIONS *** I have been looking into the very same thing. I called Paradise for the spec sheet on the Paradise VGA Plus board and was impressed. The specs say that the board is both Register (Hardware) and BIOS (software) compatible. I then had a question whether it would work with the NEC Multisync so I called Paradise and talked with someone there who informed me that I would need at least the NEC Multisync II because the NEC Multisync doesn't have a screen lock or something and it will roll on you. He also suggested the Mitsubishi DiamondScan. Of the specs I've seen the Paradise VGA Plus looks the best ( most of the others are just BIOS compatible ). Paradise offers a 3 year warrantee with the board as well as a 3 year guarantee of its VGA compatibility, if the board fails to execute VGA that another VGA board will, they will either give you a BIOS upgrade to solve the problem or refund your money. I am planning to buy the NEC Multisync II and the Paradise VGA Plus. The prices I've seen in PC Magazine are: NEC Multisync ~$549 and Paradise VGA Plus ~$260. DISCLAIMER: I am not associated with Paradise. I have not used the board, so I have no personal knowledge of its performance. Dennis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Dennis L. Donovan | | UUCP : decvax!cg-atla!donovan | | AT&T : (617) 658-5600 x5716 | | USMAIL : Compugraphic Corporation | | 200 Ballardvale St., M.S. 200-2-2F | | Wilmington, MA 01887 | +----------------------------------------------------------+ "Nobody asked, just my opinion" Disclaimer: The views expressed are my own, I doubt if CG really cares anyway.
ron@islenet.UUCP (Ron Morse) (01/12/88)
Follow up to 11681 (sorry...When I try to quote a ref the entire package
gets sent to dead_article)
> Nec multisync for ~$549...
Are you sure that is the price for a multisync II? Sounds about right for
the JC-1401P3A...the old multisync (which I have and love...but it does
have a certain lack of vertical stability with a PS-2 VGA (the vert hold
will correct until the next video mode change). Or is the multisync II the
monochrome monitor for desktop publishing? Anyway, I'd want to insure I
had return privs if somebody is selling the new colour Multisync at that
price. BTW...my 1401P3A had to go back for realignment twice...and I
haven't seen another that didn't need it. (look for misconvergence in
the red at the upper and lower left corners.)donovan@cg-atla.UUCP (Dennis Donovan X5176) (01/19/88)
In article <3779@islenet.UUCP> ron@islenet.UUCP (Ron Morse) writes: > >Follow up to 11681 (sorry...When I try to quote a ref the entire package >gets sent to dead_article) (I wrote it.:-) > > Nec multisync for ~$549... > >Are you sure that is the price for a multisync II? Sounds about right for >the JC-1401P3A...the old multisync (which I have and love...but it does >have a certain lack of vertical stability with a PS-2 VGA (the vert hold Actually PC Connection has it in the January Mags for $547 Dennis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Dennis L. Donovan | | UUCP : decvax!cg-atla!donovan | | AT&T : (617) 658-5600 x5716 | | USMAIL : Compugraphic Corporation | | 200 Ballardvale St., M.S. 200-2-2F | | Wilmington, MA 01887 | +----------------------------------------------------------+ "Nobody asked, just my opinion" Disclaimer: The views expressed are my own, I doubt if CG really cares anyway.