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Q110616: Flight Simulator: Diamond Video Card Settings

Article: Q110616
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS, version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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Diamond Computer Systems technical support has confirmed that the following
devices operate with Flight Simulator 5.0 in these configurations:

Card Name                 Flight Simulator SVGA Setting
---------                 -----------------------------

Diamond Viper

    1 MB                 VGA (Cannot support SVGA in Flight Simulator
                         5.0.)
    2 MB                 VESA 1.2 (Requires VPRMODE version 2.04 or
                                   later. Available from Diamond)

Diamond Stealth

    VRAM                S3 86C911
    24                  S3 86C911
    PRO                 S3 86C911
    32 (PCI)            TSENG 4000
    64 (PCI)            S3 86C911

VGA mode

Diamond Speed Star

    VGA                 TSENG 4000
    PLUS                TSENG 4000
    24                  TSENG 4000
    24X                 Paradise SVGA
    PRO                 Cirrus Logic 542X
    VGA Hicolor         TSENG 4000

Diamond Turbo

    VGA                 TSENG 4000

MORE INFORMATION
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For more information, contact Diamond Computer Systems:

- Technical support: (408) 325-7100
- BBS support 2400 only: (408) 325-7080
- BBS support 9600 only: (408) 325-7175

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: kbhowto 5.00 flightsim fltsim dos fs5

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim500DOS kbSimSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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