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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:24229 comp.windows.x:45635 comp.os.linux:11124 comp.unix.bsd:5748 comp.os.mach:2215 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:21939 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:32207 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!infonode!bbrown From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Message-ID: <1992Sep28.131847.5129@infonode.ingr.com> Keywords: Diamond, free-software Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL. References: <1992Sep25.075815.10416@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> <7s0nqk-.hasty@netcom.com> <1992Sep25.225821.26683@infonode.ingr.com> <1992Sep26.174107.1594@philabs.philips.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:18:47 GMT Lines: 19 kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan) writes: > 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. STB is the name of a company. They are in Texas. Their new, low-end, 24bit boards are called the Powergraph X24 and the Powergraph VL24. The latter of these is for VESA local bus. ------------ Bailey Brown "Above all else, confusion reigns." Intergraph Corporation bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com Procol Harum