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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:33453 comp.unix.bsd:6534 comp.org.eff.talk:9487 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!ogicse!uwm.edu!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer Message-ID: <1992Oct14.213005.12729@netcom.com> Date: 14 Oct 92 21:30:05 GMT Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Oct14.213005.12729 References: <199 2Oct12.061220.17620@netcom.com> <1bf4b5INNh4n@agate.berkeley.edu> <RICH.92Oct13223632@kappa.Rice.edu> Distribution: inet Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Lines: 28 In article <RICH.92Oct13223632@kappa.Rice.edu> Rich@rice.edu writes: >In article <1bf4b5INNh4n@agate.berkeley.edu> curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes: > In article <1992Oct12.061220.17620@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: > > > >Why bother with Diamond, > >When you can buy an Orchid's F1280 or Artix's GraphicsEngine. > > Because if Diamond's clocks were truly programmable, you could > use a Diamond card to drive a fixed-sync monitor, like a used Sun > gray-scale. This would be a hefty boon, as there don't seem to > be large mono monitors available for PCs. > > c I doubt that Diamond is the only svga manufacturer with a programmable clock synthetizer. For instance, Chrontel CH9203, is a programmable clock synthetizer. What Diamond has is a propieratory way of programming their clock synthetizer. Amancio > >Radius makes a 21" inch 1200x1024 mono monitor and Sigma Designs make >19" 1664x1200 mono and grey scale monitors. Drivers haven't been >written yet, but these two are prime candidates. > >If anyone has info on other high resolution monochrome hardware, >please send me a note! Rich