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#Stealth 64 VRAM Fix

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#188483From: Bill NiemeyerSep 1, 1995 12:50 AM
Some people, including me, have been having troubles getting a Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (not a Video VRAM) PCI bus card to work in anything other than 256 colors, even using the most current (Version 1.0.7.p1) Vibrant drivers. There is a solution. Go to the the Vibrant BBS (512-918-3411) and download the file s64bios.exe. Then run it once before you run 3D Studio. You have to re-run it every time you reboot. Just run it once, because it will create multiple copies of itself in RAM. There is also a file called stlbios.exe that is a fix for the Video VRAM with the 928 chip but I don't know much about it cause I ain't got one of them. But look for other messages here re: that. Bill Niemeyer Centrimedia
#188581From: John WilliamsSep 1, 1995 1:18 PM
Hi Bill I had a hell of a time with my Stealth 64 DRAM They eventually sent me some drivers from Amsterdam (I'm in England) I made the dealer show me the docs saying the card worked in OS2 before I bought it – onlt to find the docs were simply untrue. Anyway they sent me an update but I still cant get truecolour to work at any resolution reliably much less the 800×600 I wanted the card for. I have to say I'll be thinking more than twice before buying Diamond again. -john-
#189316From: T-Spect LeSep 6, 1995 12:54 AM
Good thing I returned the card and got another different one. It's quite sad that 3DS & vibrant doesn't like it.
#189392From: John WilliamsSep 6, 1995 12:49 PM
I wouldn't mind so much if they just wrote some decent OS/2 drivers… Appart from the poor drivers it's not a bad card.