ericb@hplsla.HP.COM (Eric Backus) (05/30/91)
>1) How good of a video card does it have. Does it do 1244x768x256. I believe they still use the Diamond Speedstar with 1MB ram. I have one of these at home in my Gateway 386/33. It's a good, fast card. It does a maximum of 1024x768x256. >2) How about the monitor, they it is noninterlaced but does it still flicker > Should I just buy an NEC3D multisync. Flicker is not a problem for me, but I found the Crystal Scan 1024NI too fuzzy for me except in normal VGA mode. I upgraded to a SONY 1304, and I'm much happier. Keep in mind that 1024x768 isn't really very useful on a 14" monitor. >3) ANyway I can get a smaller drive,say 100 meg, and use the savings for > extra memory. No doubt. Everything is negotiable when you talk this kind of money. I got a Seagate ST1144A, which is 125MB. I'm quite happy with it. But I wouldn't go any smaller than that, and I still sort-of wish I went for the 200MB disk. -- Eric Backus ericb%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com (206) 335-2495
ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) (05/30/91)
In article <13000012@hplsla.HP.COM> ericb@hplsla.HP.COM (Eric Backus) writes: >I believe they still use the Diamond Speedstar with 1MB ram. I have one of >these at home in my Gateway 386/33. It's a good, fast card. It does a >maximum of 1024x768x256. > True as of 2 weeks ago. > I upgraded to a SONY 1304, and I'm >much happier. Keep in mind that 1024x768 isn't really very useful on a 14" >monitor. > I beg to differ here. Of course the bigger the better, but the Sony 1304 is very usable at high res. I've installed X386 in this machine and I got used to xterm's small characters very fast. I looks much better than the Qume monitor (at 800x600) I have on another system . The smaller dot-pitch truly makes a difference, and compesates a bit for the small size. I have also seen it running MS-Windows (also with a Speedstar) and it really shines at 1204x768. I suppose it is also a matter of taste, and it depends on how confortable you are working at close range to the monitor.
dafuller@sequent.UUCP (David Fuller) (05/31/91)
What about the Nanao 16" monitors vs, say, the new NEC 4D? Would you rather run 1024x768x256 on one of those? -- Dave Fuller Sequent Computer Systems Think of this as the hyper-signature. (708) 318-0050 (humans) It means all things to all people. dafuller@sequent.com