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- From: dfraser@csws19.ic.sunysb.edu (David W Fraser)
- Subject: Re: Opinions wanted: Diamond SpeedStar 24x
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.010057.12216@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:00:57 GMT
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- In article <4f2G=Qi00WB7FOaHZn@andrew.cmu.edu> tn10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tony Niderost) writes:
- >I have a Speedstar 24x and it IS a pretty fast card for the money.
- >However, there are other cards, such as the Paradise Windows Accel that
- >is pretty much identical for a few bucks less. The 24x currently has a
- >bug in its 256 color drivers that makes Winword 2.0 crash when accessing
- >the Tools|Options menu. Their tech support staff was worthless, and they
- >never returned my frequent voice-mail help requests. They are working on
- >a fix for the driver, but no news yet (does anyone have any news?)
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- Is this only under Winword 2.0, or under winword 2.0a & b as well?
- I have 2.0a and I am using the 1024x768x256 driver and it doesnt crash.
- Ive used the drivers in release 1.0 and 2.02. Am I just lucky or does this
- only happen at a lower resolution?
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