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From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer
Date: 25 Oct 1992 16:58:46 GMT
Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed.
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In article <1992Oct25.092801.13126@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell) writes:
>>
>>While the Graphics Ultra does not have many features beyond the
>>8514/A standard, the new Ultra+ and Ultra Pro do - and command a
>>higher price because of it.  Those features will only be useful under
>>systems that ATI chooses to support.
>
>Well, that's wrong. The mach8 is to 90% the same as the mach32. There 
>are quite a few features which you cannot use right now.

The only major Mach8 feature I can't use is 1280x1024x16; this is of
marginal utility, being interlaced.

The Mach32 can do 1280x1024x256 NI, high-color modes, etc.  If you
can't use these things, there's little reason to buy one; you certainly
won't notice the speed improvement in a normal windowing environment.

>Are do you find any docs how to programm the mach8's dotclocks (yeah, there
>are 16 of them).

Wish I could.

>I know what I'm talking about, since I do have the specs ...

Presumably you're nondisclosed...

c