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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: New IBM PS/Valuepoint
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <sheldon.721786216@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> <1e8dsuINNiq0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <sheldon.721932183@pv1417.vincent.iastate.edu> <1992Nov17.001607.5678@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:07:21 GMT
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- In <1992Nov17.001607.5678@watson.ibm.com> kaul@bcrvm1.vnet.ibm.com writes:
-
- >In <sheldon.721932183@pv1417.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
- >>In <1e8dsuINNiq0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
- >>>>The ps/value point computers use a tseng 4000 chipset.
- >>>This explains why IBM wrote os/2 2.0 drivers for the tseng chipset.
- >> According to the November 1992 issue of Byte which I just bought, at least
- >>the PS/Valuepoint 386SLC model uses a Cirrus 5422 chip for the video.
- >>This same chip is used by AST and Digital for their low priced models.
-
- >The scoop:
- > 386SLC based models: Cirrus chip and Windows/DOS installed.
- > 486 based models: Tseng ET4000 and OS/2 installed.
-
- >Is it any wonder that there is Tseng SVGA seamless windows support in
- >OS/2? It's not nearly as nice as the XGA support, though :-)
-
- Was kind of wondering about that.
-
- Well, this is great news. My day had been kind of crummy until I read
- this. Now I can go back to my supervisor and tell him that the IBM
- PS/VP 486DX/33 is *exactly* the machine we need/want.
-
- We use Atlas GIS, which only supports the Tseng ET4000 in 1024x768
- graphics resolution. I was afraid I'd be stuck in 800x600, or 640x480
- until Atlas comes out with a Windows version.
-
- >> ... OS/2 does not come with the 386 model, only
- >>the 486 model.(because of RAM, not processor speed).
-
- >Correct, I think. OS/2 is sufficiently fast even on a 25MHz 386, but you
- >do need a fair bit of memory, more than the base, I think. Of course,
- >I'm just an OS/2 user, not one of the OS/2 developers, nor a part of the
- >PC company, so I have no idea as to the reason.
-
- I've seen OS/2 run. It works fine on a lower speed 386 with enough memory.
- But with only 4 Megs of RAM, and a mediocre harddrive, you'd better figure
- on buying a coffee pot, because you'll be brewing a lot of pots waiting
- for your application to come up. :-)
- --
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