[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Sierra DAC Upgrade for SpeedSTAR SVGA

mcclure@sun1.is.battelle.org (Jim McClure) (06/24/91)

I just got my upgrade chip from Diamond Computer for my SpeedSTAR SVGA card
and things seem a little wierd.  I have a Gateway 2000 486/33 with their
Crystal Scan 1024ni monitor, 1M on the SVGA card, 8M, 200M HD, blah blah blah.

The problem is when I am using Windows 3.0 and put the monitor into 800x600
32k color mode there seems to be a slight flicker.  So I go and check to
make sure that I am setting VMODE correctly and things appear OK.  Also,
when I switch a full-screen DOS session my color palette gets all messed up.

Is there a bug(s) in the new drivers because Diamond wanted to get this chip
out too quickly or am I not setting something up correctly.

Thanks!
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James E. McClure                                          (614) 424-5764
Battelle Memorial Institute                 mcclure@sun1.is.battelle.org
Columbus, Ohio                           mcclurej@bclcl1.im.battelle.org

mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) (06/26/91)

In article <328@sun1.is.battelle.org> mcclure@sun1.is.battelle.org (Jim McClure) writes:
<I just got my upgrade chip from Diamond Computer for my SpeedSTAR SVGA card
<and things seem a little wierd.  I have a Gateway 2000 486/33 with their
<Crystal Scan 1024ni monitor, 1M on the SVGA card, 8M, 200M HD, blah blah blah.

Is this the "anti-aliasing" DAC that we've heard so much about?  
Does it really *visibly* make diagonal lines look much smoother?
How did you "apply for" this upgrade??   I want one!!  :)
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