Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA From: Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: [JEWETT@USC-ISI.ARPA: Everex Display Controller] Message-ID: <12444@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 22:58:45 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12444 Posted: Thu Sep 27 22:58:45 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 04:45:53 EDT Lines: 38 From: Info-IBMPC DigestDate: 25 Sep 1984 01:57-EDT Subject: Everex Display Controller From: JEWETT@USC-ISI.ARPA To: g.fussell@SU-SCORE.ARPA Cc: info-ibmpc@USC-ISIB.ARPA, jewett@USC-ISI.ARPA I recently purchased a PC, and selected the Everex display controller based on versatility. Although I only got a monochrome monitor, I wanted to be able to run software which uses the color adapter. The Everex trade mark for this board is "The Graphics Edge"--it's advertised in PC World. I'm a long way from having used all the features of this board, but here are some initial comments: - The color-to-monochrome conversion is really useful, but I had to tweak the monitor (a Taxan) to keep it in vertical sync when changing between modes. - It's advertised to be compatible with Hercules graphics. In fact, the Hercules driver for Framework does work--but I find the IBM character set easier to read. Makes a big difference on pie charts, though. - It's got a 132 column mode which is supposed to work with Lotus. I can't verify this, but Framework doesn't support it yet. - As usual for most products of this type, the documentation that comes with it is lousy. I hope that we'll see some tips from users more experienced with this board on how to get the most out of it. Tom Jewett -------