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- From: bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth)
- Subject: Re: ATI Ultra Plus
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- References: <mcdonald.3@aries.scs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:22:08 GMT
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- In <mcdonald.3@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald) writes:
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- >Several people have posted words about the ATI Ultra Plus.
-
- >I just got one today. This is an ISA Bus card. It is running in a Dell
- >310 20 MHz 386 machine with 8 megs of memory.
-
- >It does speed up many things in Windows 3.1, especially scrolling.
-
- >A further point, based on actual tests:
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- >It does support memory aperture. I'm running it right now. Works fine.
- >I've programmed it in 24 bit color mode using the aperture. It is limited in
- >the modes it runs with only 1 meg.
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- Ah, why didn't you get the 2 meg version? I hear the extra ram makes a
- world of difference. We'll see, I ordered the 2 meg version of the Plus
- and it should be here tomorrow.
-
- >Doug McDonald
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- Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
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