krogh@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (01/12/88)
This is a warning to anyone who was thinking about buying Number Nine's new Pepper SGT graphics card. It seems that they were doing a little false advertising. The glossies that they were passing out at Siggraph say that the board can optionally support EGA graphics capabilities along with CGA, MDA, and their new 640x480x8 mode. I immediately called Number Nine to ask where I could order the board, and they refered me to Tech Data Distributors. After calling Tech Data, they told me that EGA emulation was now a standard feature. After receiving the board, I find out that it does not support any EGA capabilities. This was quickly confirmed by a call to Number Nine's people. They also added that they don't intend to support EGA in future versions. For those of you that might be interested in a board with such capabilities (EGA, 640x480x8, TI graphics chip, etc.), look into the board made by Tektronics. It's called the PC4100. This board we have used, it does what they advertise it to do. Michael Krogh Internet: 13009@ncsaa.ncsa.uiuc.edu Bitnet: 13009@ncsavmsa Note: These comments are my own, and not necessarily those of the company that I work for.
jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) (01/16/88)
In article <46900008@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> krogh@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >This is a warning to anyone who was thinking about buying Number Nine's >new Pepper SGT graphics card. It seems that they were doing a little >false advertising. .... >After receiving the board, I find out that it does not support any >EGA capabilities. .... If you want a display card that is truly EGA compatible, as well as providing high resolution imaging and graphics capabilities, look at the CLARITY1 from MASER Research. It comes with software to support image capture from several digitizers, as well as hard copy output to several laser and color printers. It is distributed by SEFCO, you can get more information by calling (818) 765-8882 .