vancleef@nas.nasa.gov (Robert E. Van Cleef) (05/10/91)
Hi; I have a "Super VGA" clone board. The manual that came with it calls it a "VGA Winner" board. The one utility disk, labled ACGA 1.02, uses the same notation and includes drivers for windows 2.x. On the board there is a ROM with the notation "Licensed by Ahead". There is no other identification of the manufacturer, and the local clone shop where I bought it got it through a chain of distributors... Does anyone recognise this board, know a phone number of the manufacturer, or know of the location of a Windows 3.0 driver? Bob -- Bob Van Cleef vancleef@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center (415) 604-4366 --- Perception is reality...
vancleef@nas.nasa.gov (Robert E. Van Cleef) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May10.150311.10973@nas.nasa.gov>, vancleef@nas.nasa.gov, I wrote: |> I have a "Super VGA" clone board. The manual that came with it |> calls it a "VGA Winner" board. The one utility disk, labled |> AVGA 1.02, uses the same notation and includes drivers for |> windows 2.x. On the board there is a ROM with the notation |> "Licensed by Ahead". More information: The chip is: V5000-50PC-B (Ahead) This is a 512K VGA board I called Ahead (no pun intended:) and the receptionist confirmed that what I have is a clone card, which they do not support. She gave me the number of their bulletin board system and I have been downloading their updated driver sets one at a time, but so far no cigar. Ahead (415) 623-0900 BBS (415) 623-0961 -- Bob Van Cleef vancleef@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center (415) 604-4366 --- Perception is reality...
vancleef@nas.nasa.gov (Robert E. Van Cleef) (05/22/91)
I have developed a different theory on the failure of my VGA board to work with Windows 3.0, and that is that it is in compatible with my new 486-25 mother board! I can run the board with one of two clock rates for the ISA bus - CLOCK4 and CLOCK3 - I don't have the manual with me, so I can't give you the exact numbers, however, the clock rate is 6.x or 8.x according to the book. If I run at the faster rate, the wipe out of the screen comes sooner. In fact, I have duplicated the problem while running the program SIMCITY in DOS 3.3, without windows running! Windows, and conversly, the windows 3.0 video drivers do not seem to be the problem. Any advice would be welcomed. Bob -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |> |> I have a "Super VGA" clone board. The manual that came with it |> |> calls it a "VGA Winner" board. The one utility disk, labled |> |> AVGA 1.02, uses the same notation and includes drivers for |> |> windows 2.x. On the board there is a ROM with the notation |> |> "Licensed by Ahead". |> |> More information: |> The chip is: V5000-50PC-B (Ahead) |> This is a 512K VGA board |> |> I called Ahead (no pun intended:) and the receptionist confirmed that |> what I have is a clone card, which they do not support. She gave me the |> number of their bulletin board system and I have been downloading their |> updated driver sets one at a time, but so far no cigar. |> |> Ahead (415) 623-0900 |> BBS (415) 623-0961 -- Bob Van Cleef vancleef@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center (415) 604-4366 --- Perception is reality...