ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) (03/19/91)
I finally got it! A TsengLab ET4000 chipset 1Mb VGA card supporting both interlace and noninterlaced and a 15" noninterlaced color VGA monitor (Swan VGA 15, SuperSync 5A). BUT I AM NOT HAPPY! The Swan monitor came in today, cost $599 directly from Swan (with 30-day money-back guarantee, I just might need it). I have used the ET4000 card with a Daewood 14" interlaced 1024x768 ($349 from HDI), with Window 3.0 in 1024x768x256 and 800x600x256 mode. Supposingly interlaced (since Daewood only interlaced at 1024), there is NO flicker I can see. Now I use the Swan VGA 15 supposingly noninterlaced, yet I see flickers. Ok, you say that Swan is operating in interlaced mode, but why do I not see flicker on the Daewood but on Swan? Does the ET4000 automatically switched into noninterlaced mode when detected or does the driver have to specify. If driver has to specify, does anyone has the noninterlaced 1024x768 driver for ET4000 board for Windows 3.0 and WordPerfect 5.1? Also, in text mode, the image seem to "wave". Does this happen in multisync type monitors? Also, I cannot get the Swan 15 to go into 800x600 mode both in Windows 3.0 and WP 5.1. The monitor just go crazy and make a lot of noise. What is going on? Could the ET4000 being attempting 800x600 INTERLACED and that it is below the frequency limit of the Swan 15? See.. now my text mode in 80x25 is wavy again. (Sorry, you cannot see it). Anyhow, can someone send me something to do noninterlaced 1024x768 using ET4000 chipset so I can be sure this Swan 15 is noninterlaced 1024x768. Thanks. The Swan 15 does have a few improvements over my 14" standard color VGA cheapo (which cost $300 3 years ago), like: - about 0.8" wider diagonally (big deal!) - nearly as "flatscreen" as the popular Zenith 1492 - supposingly 1024x768 noninterlaced However, another thing that bothered me is that the image is tilted by 2 or 3 degrees against the physical edge of the screen. I have to put something under the left side of monitor to up it by 1/8". Any comments or drivers you have will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. E. Teng Ong (ong@d.cs.okstate.edu)
tabaer@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Troy A Baer) (03/19/91)
In article <1991Mar19.015532.26957@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes: >{much deleted} Also, I cannot get the Swan 15 to go into 800x600 mode both in >Windows 3.0 and WP 5.1. The monitor just go crazy and make a lot of >noise. What is going on? Could the ET4000 being attempting >800x600 INTERLACED and that it is below the frequency limit of >the Swan 15? >{much deleted} >Any comments or drivers you have will be appreciated. I've had a somewhat similar problem with my VGA card. I've got an Oak SVGA card with 256Kb VRAM (up to 800x600x16) and a Tatung 1496 monitor (up to 1024x768 interlaced). The combination absolutely refuses to go into 132x43 or 132x25 text modes without invoking the graphics mode in DOS. I also can't get these modes in Lotus 123 v2.01, which the manual swears up and down should work. Again, any comments/drivers will be greatly appreciated. Troy A. Baer Ohio State University Internet: tabaer@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu "When all else fails, improvise; if that doesn't work, read the instructions." -- me