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Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 14:08:04 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  3 14:08:04 1985
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 >      Does anyone have any hands-on experience with the EVEREX GRAPHICS
 >  EDGE card and/or PARADISE MODULAR GRAPHICS card??  A recent review in
 >  PC MAGAZINE was particularly high on the EVEREX card.  I was also 
 >  wondering about compatiblity with WORDSTAR (old), dBASE II or III,
 >  FRAMEWORK, 1-2-3 and SYMPHONY.  Also, how about compatibility with
 >  LATTICE C and/or TURBO PASCAL graphics routines?
 >      Is the EVEREX really IBM/HERCULES monochrome compatible *and* 
 >  IBM/PLATRONICS color compatible?? 

We are using the Everex Graphics Edge in severa PCs at work.  The article
in PC Magazine was accurate and complete.  I have used the card with 
Framework in Hercules mode with excellent results.  It also displays grey
scale on a composite monochrome monitor when driven with IBM color 
software.  It is compatible with Plantronics but I haven't tested that
mode.  The only problem I have observed is that you must make a tradeoff
between flicker and scrolling speed using jumper options.  I would like
to have faster memory access so I could get fast scrolling with no
flicker.  For the money, though it is an attractive solution to the
problem of multiple graphics protocols.

Jim Larsen