[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Oak Techn Inc

rzi@philpav.UUCP (Roman Zielinski) (08/25/90)

1. I'm looking for opinion about Bios from Oak Techn Inc. for Super VGA 
   800x600 cards (card with `trademark' "noname"  made in ROC/Taiwan)
   The card is very cheep, so i feel tempted , but isn't it too cheep
   to be good (50% of normal `fine trade mark and name' cards).....?

2. Where can I find drivers for MS-windows 3.0 for OTI 800x600?


		Thanks,
		Roman

prbrig01@ULKYVX.BITNET (NEWS_PERSONALNAME) (09/03/90)

In article <433@philpav.UUCP> rzi@philpav.UUCP (Roman Zielinski) writes:
>
>1. I'm looking for opinion about Bios from Oak Techn Inc. for Super VGA
>   800x600 cards (card with `trademark' "noname"  made in ROC/Taiwan)
>   The card is very cheep, so i feel tempted , but isn't it too cheep
>   to be good (50% of normal `fine trade mark and name' cards).....?
>
>2. Where can I find drivers for MS-windows 3.0 for OTI 800x600?
>
>
>               Thanks,
>               Roman
DEAR ROMAN I HAVE AN OAK VGA CARD AND USE IT WITH THE IBM 8512 MONITOR I AM
VERY HAPPY WITH THE CARD; HOWEVER, YOU MUST MAKE SURE IT IS CLOSE TO THE
COOLING FAN INSIDE YOUR MACHINE. WHEN I FIRST PUT IN MY OAK-VGA CARD IT WORKED
ONLY WHEN I FIRST TURNED IT ON THEN AS IT WARMED UP IT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY. SO
YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THE
DRIVER FOR WINDOWS IT WORKS FINE ON MINE.


Posted care of Perry Brigner for James.