[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Orchid Prodesigner II

yeh@cs.purdue.EDU (Wei Jen Yeh) (09/12/90)

Hello,
  I would like to know how people think of this card?  I am an unfortunate
owner of an early DVGA512 card (couldn't find  win/386 or win3 drivers).  This
seems to be a good time to upgrade, having read quite a few good things (and
a few bad things, too) about win3.0.
  Specifically,  I would like to know
  o  Is 1024x768x256 interlaced/non-interlaced supported?
  o  Is it true that only an analog port is available?
  o  How's the bios?  The early DVGA bios has some bugs (eg, 800x600x256 mode).
  o  Any problems in the 16-bit mode?
  o  Any problems running it under unix?
  o  what drivers are provided?  Is os/2 driver available anywhere?
  o  Is it backward compatible with the "old versions" (like DVGA,
     prodesigner (+)...)?  I may run sco odt using it some day.
     BTW, do you know which video card is supported for odt?
  o  What is the best place to get it?  The current price seems to be ~320.
  o  Considering performace/price, would you pick this card or the wd 8514?

Phew, that's it.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.

Wei Jen Yeh

yeh@cs.purdue.edu
Department of Computer Science
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana