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Subject: [JEWETT@USC-ISI.ARPA: Everex Display Controller]
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Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 22:58:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 27 22:58:45 1984
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From:  Info-IBMPC Digest 

Date: 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
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