ddl@husc6.harvard.edu (Dan Lanciani) (10/06/90)
Does anyone know just what configurations of mouse port/digital monitor support are available (and current)? ATI, on their BBS, has a statement that all *real* VGA Wonder cards include a mouse. They point out that some vendors sell the ATI OEM product, "VGA1024" as a VGA Wonder in violation of their policy. This appears to be true, and the VGA1024s they sell don't have either a mouse port or digital monitor support. Ok, so that explains the low price... However, when I ask how much more a real VGA Wonder will cost the response is that only older versions of the card have digital monitor support and the included BIOS is several revisions behind. (Oh, and they cost ~$45 more...) So, is it true that I would have to buy an out-of-date card to get the extra features? Dan Lanciani ddl@harvard.*
umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) (10/07/90)
In article <4359@husc6.harvard.edu> ddl@husc6.harvard.edu (Dan Lanciani) writes: > > Does anyone know just what configurations of mouse port/digital >monitor support are available (and current)? ATI, on their BBS, has >a statement that all *real* VGA Wonder cards include a mouse. They >point out that some vendors sell the ATI OEM product, "VGA1024" as >a VGA Wonder in violation of their policy. This appears to be true, and >the VGA1024s they sell don't have either a mouse port or digital monitor >support. Ok, so that explains the low price... However, when I ask I have one of those VGA1024s that was advertised as a VGA Wonder. But it DOES have a mouse and port, and the connector for digital monitors. The hardware design is much different than a 'REAL' VGA Wonder, it only has 1 crystal while the real Wonders I have seen have 3. As far as the software is concerned though, it appears it can't tell the difference between them. I use that ATI Wonder drives from CSHOW and the Wonder 800x600x16 drivers for Windows and all is fine. >how much more a real VGA Wonder will cost the response is that only >older versions of the card have digital monitor support and the included >BIOS is several revisions behind. (Oh, and they cost ~$45 more...) >So, is it true that I would have to buy an out-of-date card to get >the extra features? > Pity. I had heard ATI had a new revision of the Wonder out, I didn't know they had dropped digital monitor support. This is a re occuring problem with ATI. Their first versions of a product usually have a few quirks, their middle versions are excellent, then the last revisions they start cheapening things up. I heard rumor when I was shopping for my ATI that some companies were taking the Small Wonder and putting VGA Wonder BIOSes in them, and calling them VGA Wonders, which they definetly aren't! I talked to ATI about it and they said as long as I ordered one with a mouse port, I would be OK. Well it turned out I got the VGA1024 instead of the VGA Wonder but all the ATI drivers seem to be working with it so its no real big deal I guess. Charles