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UG: ELSA at Phoenix OS/2 Society, July 8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Esther Schindler)
Wed Jul 9 06:07:42 1997
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Date: 29 Jun 1997 00:15:00 -0400
From: esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler)
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Phoenix OS/2 Society, general meeting
Tuesday, July 8
Mountain Preserve Reception Center, 1431 East Dunlap
A close look at video with ELSA
In all the time we spend looking at our OS/2 systems, all too often we forget
about the hardware that makes it possible. The July general meeting of the
Phoenix OS/2 Society, on Tuesday July 8, will focus on video hardware: how it
works, and how to choose the right video card for you. Our guest will be Avi
Singh, product marketing manager from ELSA.
You might not have heard of ELSA video cards before, but it's a sure bet that,
if you have, you also heard that their OS/2 support is nothing short of
superb. ELSA makes home and office graphics accelerators, including:
-- WINNER 2000AVI/3D: High-end Windows graphics with 2D, 3D, and video
acceleration
-- ELSA VICTORY 3D: 2D and 3D accelerator for games and office applications
Their graphics accelerators for professional CAD and desktop publishing
include:
-- GLoria-M and GLoria-L: High-end 3D accelerators for professionals
-- GLoria-S: Entering the GLoria class at a reasonable price
-- GLoria-4/-8: The classic GLoria series
-- WINNER 3000: The new CAD board family with 3D acceleration
-- WINNER 2000PRO/X-8: The award-winning CAD classic with 8 MB
ELSA offers outstanding OS/2 performance at a great price/performance ratio.
All their graphics boards are optimized for speed, high resolutions, and
driver stability under OS/2. This has been confirmed by many recommendations
from computer magazines.
Developed by ELSA engineers, their high-performance OS/2 drivers are able to
adapt the timing of their graphics boards exactly to your monitor. This means
that you always get the best possible combination of graphics board and
monitor.
More than 16 million brilliant colors, refresh rates up to 160 Hz, and almost
any resolution (only limited by the display memory) make working under OS/2
more fun than you ever imagined. Modern multimedia applications especially
take advantage of the built-in video acceleration of ELSA's graphics boards.
Of course, the company's OS/2 drivers support Seamless Windows and EnDive,
thus making full use of the capabilities of your modern 32-bit operating
system.
For OS/2, ELSA recommends:
-- WINNER 2000AVI/3D
-- WINNER 1000/T2D
-- WINNER 3000
-- WINNER 2000PRO/X-8
The ELSA WINNER 3000 graphics board lets you operate OS/2 with a graphics
display area covering three separate monitors. This is a world-wide first for
the OS/2 operating system, and is available exclusively from the graphics
specialists ELSA.
Presumably, Avi will give us a look at most of their graphic card options. It
should be a sight to see!
When and where
The general meeting will be held at 7:00pm on Tuesday, July 8, at the Mountain
Preserve Reception Center (1431 E Dunlap). The Q&A session begins at 6:30pm;
we're certain to convene at Coyote Springs afterwards.
The meeting is open to the general public (and we're *always* happy to see new
people!) but only members can win door prizes.
Upcoming meetings: in August, we expect Corel to show us their Java-based
application suite. In early September, to celebrate 10 years since the initial
shipment of OS/2, the Phoenix OS/2 Society's guest will be Mike Lawrie, the
"big cheese" in charge of IBM Personal Software Products.
More information about the Phoenix OS/2 Society, the largest OS/2 user group
in the world, is available from http://www.possi.org. The Phoenix OS/2
Society, which has members around the world, publishes the largest
English-language print publication devoted to OS/2, _extended attributes_.
--Esther Schindler
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