Re: Decreased stability with Second Sight?

[casa@unm.edu (Jim Pittman)]

Re:

> From: mcafee@umich.edu (Sean McAfee) Date: 28 Aug 1995 22:03:37 GMT
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
> Subject: Decreased stability with Second Sight?
> Organization: University of Michigan
> 
> Has anyone else noticed lowered stability on their system with the Second
> Sight card installed?

I don't see anything like this. My Second Sight card, attached to a CTX
VGA monitor, has given me no regrets whatsoever with my ROM 3 IIGS. 

I continue to regard the Second Sight card as the best thing I have added
to my Apple IIGS since a hard drive and 4-megs of memory. The text screen
is MUCH easier to read. The desktop is MUCH sharper. The only problems I
have are the "chunky" way the desktop is redrawn and a "bouncy" effect on
the monitor when changing between display modes. These effects don't
bother me a lot, but I suppose if I wanted to do graphic animations they
would pose more of a problem.

- Jim Pittman - University of New Mexico - casa@unm.edu

> Recently my GS began to crash soon after startup, when the little "progress
> thermometer" was about a fifth of the way across.  This had happened
> irregularly before, and a poweroff-pause-poweron usually fixed things.
> However, yesterday I had to repeat the procedure at least ten times before
> loading proceeded normally.  Later, I had to restart the system so many times
> I eventually gave up and removed the card, after which the startup proceeded
> smoothly.  It doesn't seem to matter if the monitor is connected to the card
> or to the GS's usual monitor port.
> 
> --
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