peril@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Peter Lisle) (04/01/91)
Does anyone know of any 8514/A clones out there? What I'm looking for is: * full register compatibility * at least half the price ;-> * MCA * works with AIX I've seen only ISA clones so far, and even those are really hard to find! Alternatively, if someone has an XGA and wishes to sell her 8514/A cheap, I would be extremely interested to talk with you!
U39648@uicvm.uic.edu (From The Mind Of) (04/02/91)
>Does anyone know of any 8514/A clones out there? What I'm looking for is: > >* full register compatibility >* at least half the price ;-> >* MCA >* works with AIX Two I know of are the Paradise 8514/A and the ATI 8514/ULTRA. The Paradise one is basically a slightly faster 8514/A with a 24-bit palette. The ULTRA is the more interesting product, mainly because it's a SCREAMER. Faster than the NEC MultiSync Graphics Engine... and the base RETAIL price is $599. Not bad at all. Plus it's a "flippy", ISA and Microchannel. - Darius ========================================================================= BITNET: U39648@UICVM | "I'd rather laugh with the sinners Internet: u39648@uicvm.uic.edu | than cry with the saints, ====================================| the sinners are much more fun, "Don't set fire to strangers." | and only the good die young." - Mr. Zarniwoop | - Billy Joel
tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi (04/02/91)
]In article <91091.121641U39648@uicvm.uic.edu>,
U39648@uicvm.uic.edu (From The Mind Of) writes:Q|
>>Does anyone know of any 8514/A clones out there? What I'm looking for is:
>>
>>* full register compatibility
>>* at least half the price ;->
>>* MCA
>>* works with AIX
>
> Two I know of are the Paradise 8514/A and the ATI 8514/ULTRA. The Paradise one
> is basically a slightly faster 8514/A with a 24-bit palette.
According to my sources (the Paradise brochure:-)) the color is
NOT 24-bit, it's either 16 or 256 colors (if you have full 1 meg
of video ram) at 1024x768 from a palette of 16.7 million colors.
But if you're looking for MicroChannel 24 bit-color, the you
should check the Hercules Graphics Station Card (TI 34010-60, 1MB
VRAM, option for 2 MB program memory), which has the following
resolutions:
640x480, 16-bit color (65536 colors)
1024x768, 8-bit color (256 colors)
512x480, 24-bit color (16.7 million colors)
The ISA version received good rating in a Byte review. Hercules is
coming up with a MCA version this week, list price about $1300.
But of course, this board is not a 8514/A clone.
Then there's a RasterOps ColorBoard (or something like that) for
MicroChannel, which also has 24-bit color.
I think Genoa has some MCA version, don't know it it's 8514/A
register compatible. Also Orchid has ProDesigner II/MC. A recent
issue of PC World (or PC Computing) had an article on speeding up
Windows 3.0, and they recommended some cards. Maybe you should
check that.
> The ULTRA is the more interesting product, mainly because it's a SCREAMER.
> Faster than the NEC MultiSync Graphics Engine... and the base RETAIL price
> is $599. Not bad at all. Plus it's a "flippy", ISA and Microchannel.
Right. There's also a ATI 8514/A Vantage card, which is slower but
even more affordable. This info I got from ATI flyer, don't know
is the Vantage card is on market yet. BTW, has anyone more info on
the _Crystal Font_ technology that ATI advertises with the Ultra ?
Does it work with Windows ?
Teemu.
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