From: row@cs.bham.ac.uk (Reuben O Wells) Subject: Re: Paradise 1024 SVGA Date: 18 Feb 1993 17:42:05 GMT
In article <1993Feb15.035315.9577@cs.hope.edu> matthews@cs.hope.edu writes:
>In article 12319@alw.nih.gov, arm@helix.nih.gov (Andrew Mitz) writes:
>>
>> The Paradise made 3 similar VGA boards: VGA plus, VGA plus 16, VGA 1024.
>> The VGA plus is an 8 bit version of the VGA plus 16. Its maximum
>> resolution is 800x600x16. The VGA 1024 has 2 possible configurations:
>> 256K DRAM or 512 DRAM. The 256K Dram can do 1024x768x16 colors, the
>> 512 DRAM version can go up to 1024x768x256 colors. I do not know
>> anything about the internal chip sets, but I could open up a few
>> of the computers and read the chip numbers if anyone is truely
>> interested.
>>
> This information is incorrect. The 256K Dram board supports
>1024x768x2 colors while the 512K Dram board supports 1024x768x16 colors.
>
> Linux running the color X server will support 256 colors only at the
>640x480 resolution - with this board. The monochrome X server will support
>at best, the 800x600 resolution - with this board.
I have a WD90C31 and have similar problems, it seems that no one
has been able to track down the exact problem with the video
driver yet but a number of people have ideas. XFree86 1.2 (the
new version) will happily work properly with my machine at
1024x780 with the mono serevr without any problems. The colour
server is a complete joke at this resolution, the screen filled
with noise.
I would be interested in knowing if anyone has had any success with
the color server at high resolutions.
Reuben
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