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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products
Message-ID: <t!#pafc.hasty@netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 04:02:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
References: <7s0nqk-.hasty@netcom.com> <1992Sep25.225821.26683@infonode.ingr.com> <1992Sep26.174107.1594@philabs.philips.com>
Keywords: Diamond, free-software
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In article <1992Sep26.174107.1594@philabs.philips.com> kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan) writes:
>In article <1992Sep25.225821.26683@infonode.ingr.com> bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) writes:
>>
>>higher end boards that use the '924 and have BNC connectors
>>as well as DIN.  The new STB S3 boards now have 24bit modes.
>>
>>------------
>>Bailey Brown                               "Above all else, confusion reigns."
>
>	What is the STB stands for ? I am shopping for a system with true
>24 bits color graphic, I saw a lot of Speedstar 24x, but since I am planning to
>program the card directly, Speedstar 24x is out if I cann't get information as
>to how to program it. But I have a hard time finding out what other vendors
>have a true 24 bits graphics display, anybody ? Also I am also looking at local
>bus (so I don't pay penalty for the graphic when running DOS programs using
>the local bus as compared with just the accelerated card), but most local bus
>graphic seems to only support 32k color.
>
>

The october issue of Byte magazine has an article on local buses.
For a complete list of vesa certified local bus components including 
motherboards, contact VESA at 408-435-0333. 

A little while ago, I read  a review on a scsi local bus system 
capable of transferring large files at a rate of 13MB/S.

Don't buy DIAMOND! They are coming out with a VESA local bus
motherboard so who knows what propieratory mechanism they
may have included in their motherboard.

Happy Reading and Shopping,
Amancio Hasty