fish@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gil Winograd) (08/12/90)
I just recently bought a 386SX system (1Meg RAM) from Mirage Computers in California (ad in Computer Shopper). With the computer, I bought the Super VGA option, which is a Paradise 1024i OEM card (256K RAM) and a Loop monitor. (The card name is EMK-16 VGA1024). The problem I have is: Occasionally when I am scrolling up and down through text, some of the attribute bytes on the text screen get messed up, so that, for no apparent reason, there will be a blinking "a" or a green "h" in the middle of the screen. The text itself is never garbled or destroyed, just its associated attribute byte. This happens most often in TELIX when I use ALT-B to scroll back text, but has also happened to a lesser extent in Turbo C. All VGA diagnostics I have run say that my card is in perfect working order, operating in 16 bits with full capabilities, etc... The only advice I received so far from Mirage is to check my DIP switches, which I did. Any other advice? Thanks, -* Gil fish@vpnet.chi.il.us
kji@vpnet.chi.il.us (Ken Isacson) (08/12/90)
Sounds like a problem that I had running an OLD ega card in a very fast 286. The sure speed of the PC messed up the display. I would recommend calling Mirage back and let them know about your problem. See what they suggest, if your problem is unique, maybe they can swap a new card for you. Or if your problem is not uniqe, maybe they will have fix for you.