[comp.sys.zenith] Turbosport 386

soley@AU-BON-PAIN.LCS.MIT.EDU (Richard Mark Soley) (11/17/89)

I've got a Turbosport 386 with a supposed resolution of 640x400 screen.
But it only knows how to emulate a CGA.  Anybody know how to get at the
rest of the resolution, either through a standard emulation or
programming?  Anybody know about upgrades to 386e?

	-- Richard Soley
	   soley@mc.lcs.mit.edu

pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) (11/18/89)

Its just "Buyer Beware", as usual.

I've spend lots of time, energy, and phone-calls trying to resolve
this issue for my 286. You'd think even if it wasn't available as EGA
emulation, a driver could be written for MS Windows or GEM!

The 400 rows are ONLY available in text-mode. The Yamaha LCD
controller chip (V6366) supposedly allows the LCD to be used in a
non-standard 640 by 350 graphics mode, but Zenith embedded the chip
into all its sport systems in such a way in which this will never be
possible. 

They are now dumping the super- and turbosport at low prices.
So the next generation of machines will probably be VGA.

It seems like the sort of advertising a company could get in trouble
for, but Zenith continues rolling along, even using MSWindows
decorations to frame its current advertising (even for the Minisport!)
subliminally suggesting compatability with graphics-oriented operating
systems.

Jordan