antikainen@cc.helsinki.fi (03/16/91)
Does anyone have experience of Boca Research display cards, especially the model with 1Mb of Ram (1024x768x256)? In PcMagazine a company called PC Connection is selling it for USD 145. Is there a cheaper palce to buy it? I believe the Boca card uses Tseng Lab's chips. Which type? Any problems occurred with Windows 3.0 or any other applications? Is there a better buy with USD 145 than Boca SVGA card? Thanks for advise, Tuomo Antikainen Univ. of Helsinki Finland
tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (03/17/91)
In article <1991Mar16.114004.5556@cc.helsinki.fi> antikainen@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >Does anyone have experience of Boca Research display cards, especially the >model with 1Mb of Ram (1024x768x256)? In PcMagazine a company called PC >Connection is selling it for USD 145. Is there a cheaper palce to buy it? > >I believe the Boca card uses Tseng Lab's chips. Which type? Any problems >occurred with Windows 3.0 or any other applications? > >Is there a better buy with USD 145 than Boca SVGA card? It's a very nice card. I'd go for it if you have a 386 or better. It uses the Tseng 4000 chipset. It comes with drivers for Windows 3.0, WordPerfect, 1-2-3 and other things, but the generic ET4000 drivers floating around are newer and better than what Boca supplies. USD145 is a good price. An international customer is probably smarter to go with a major mail order retailer like PC CONNECTION than to try and shave five bucks off at Yarmulke Electronics.
bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) (03/19/91)
In article <94349796@bfmny0.BFM.COM>, tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes: > In article <1991Mar16.114004.5556@cc.helsinki.fi> antikainen@cc.helsinki.fi writes: > >Does anyone have experience of Boca Research display cards, especially the > >model with 1Mb of Ram (1024x768x256)? In PcMagazine a company called PC > >Connection is selling it for USD 145. Is there a cheaper palce to buy it? > > USD145 is a good price. An international customer is probably smarter > to go with a major mail order retailer like PC CONNECTION than to try > and shave five bucks off at Yarmulke Electronics. I'd second Tom's response to this. PC Connection is a very reputable company, very good people to deal with. Their prices are not always rock-bottom, but they are always reasonable, and the service is top-notch. The ads are a bit 'cute' but in spite of that these people are professionals. It's very easy, even for someone in this country, to get into problems with mail order if you don't know anything about the company. For someone doing business with a mail order company in another country, it's even easier. This is not to say that there aren't other good companies: I have had or know people who have had good dealings with Bulldog, Programmer's Paradise, AST Research, Dell, Zeos, and others. If you want to find someplace cheaper than the well-known companies, your best bet would be to find one that's been around and advertizing for a while - if they've been in business for a while then they have probably been treating people OK (otherwise they don't tend to stay in business for very long ...). Good luck - Bruce C. Wright
garym@ns.network.com (Gary J. Muellenberg) (03/19/91)
> <1991Mar16.114004.5556@cc.helsinki.fi> antikainen@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >Does anyone have experience of Boca Research display cards, especially the >model with 1Mb of Ram (1024x768x256)? In PcMagazine a company called PC >Connection is selling it for USD 145. Is there a cheaper palce to buy it? I called Boca to find the lowest price mail order houses, and 145 is the lowest price anybody had. >I believe the Boca card uses Tseng Lab's chips. Which type? Any problems >occurred with Windows 3.0 or any other applications? It uses the Tseng ET4000. I tried two different cards and could not get Windows 3.0 enhanced mode to work on my 386 33Mz. pc clone (with an SIS chipset). Also, one of the cards made verticle lines wavy in 800x600 mode on my Mag Computronics monitor. Calls to technical support did not help. >Is there a better buy with USD 145 than Boca SVGA card? The price is right, but the quality and support were not there for me. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Muellenberg EMAIL: garym@network.com Network Systems PHONE: (612)424-4888 ext. 2258 7600 Boone Ave MS-010 FAX: (612)424-2853