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From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com 01-Oct-99 18:40:03
To: All 02-Oct-99 02:50:13
Subj: IBM licenses SDD/2!
From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett)
Hi All,
Today is the first day of an official agreement between IBM and
SciTech for licensing SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2. IBM has
licensed a special edition of our SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2
product, to be made publicly available via their drivers online
pages, and in upcoming fixpacks for OS/2 Warp Client, OS/2 Warp
Server for e-Business and Workspace On Demand. In essence SciTech
Display Doctor will become the official display driver technology
included in all OS/2 products for IBM.
The IBM Special Edition of SciTech Display Doctor contains a subset
of the features contained in the full product, as outlined below:
. Resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200
. Support for all color depths
. Refresh rates from 60Hz to 85Hz
. DDC Plug and Play monitor detection
. Full hardware 2D acceleration
. Hardware cursor
The IBM Special Edition will be made available by IBM after it passes
IBM's acceptance requirements. More information on this announcement
will be forthcoming when we do our official press release on the
matter.
Best Regards,
--
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| SciTech Software - Building Truly Plug'n'Play Software! |
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| Kendall Bennett | To reply via email, remove nospam from |
| Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. Do NOT send |
| SciTech Software, Inc. | unsolicited commercial email! |
| 505 Wall Street | ftp : ftp.scitechsoft.com |
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From: rmcder@nospam.banet.net 02-Oct-99 04:30:29
To: All 02-Oct-99 02:50:14
Subj: Re: Matrox random lockups
From: rmcder@nospam.banet.net (Ron McDermott)
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:43:19, Glenn Strazds
<gstrazds@hololasertech.on.ca> wrote:
> Ron McDermott wrote:
>
> > I've been getting some random screen lockups (frozen mouse pointer)
> > with my Matrox Millenium II (BIOS 1.5, 2.23.082 drivers). I'm running
> > at 1280x1024x65k (which is a recent change when I went to a 20"
> > monitor). I originally attributed these to Communicator, but now I'm
> > not so sure. Recently I've gotten a couple lockups prior to running
> > Communicator (FM/2 was the most recent). It seems much more likely to
> > happen immediately after booting into OS/2 than it does after being
> > there awhile (might be coincidence, however). I remember there being
> > some discussion of a problem at high resolution; can this be the
> > problem? Anyone else experiencing the same thing? Is there a fix?
>
> Same problem here..
>
> I went back to 222.078 which works well here.
>
> Apparently 223 fixes a couple of problems I'm not apprised of.
>
> or go ahead to 2.31 which I have not done yet..
I loaded the drivers suggested by a previous poster (2.31) and haven't
had a lockup since ;-)
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From: clive@cee3DOTdemonDOTco.uk 02-Oct-99 10:45:21
To: All 02-Oct-99 10:13:22
Subj: Re: New Matrox drivers available
From: "Clive" <clive@cee3DOTdemonDOTco.uk>
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:11:45 GMT, Jaime A. Cruz, Jr. wrote:
:>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
:>Hash: SHA1
:>
:>Matrox has finally released an update to their buggy 2.23 drivers.
:>Unfortunately, this new release (2.31) causes my system to lock up as soon
as
:>the OS/2 Warp blue logo pops up on boot. Only way to recover was to reboot
:>to the command line (trying the setting to reset to VGA locked up as well)
:>and manually entering the SETVGA command.
:>
:>Fortunately, installing the 2.22 driver fixed it again. Running an old 2M
:>Millenium. Now I'm afraid to install the update on my home computer with a
:>4M Mystique. Guess I'll lurk and see how others are doing with it...
:>
Upgraded Mystique 220+RR (2Mb) (BIOS v1.6) here without problem.
,c.
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From: mike.luther@ziplog.com 02-Oct-99 14:49:17
To: All 02-Oct-99 21:37:18
Subj: Re: New Matrox drivers available
From: mike.luther@ziplog.com
In <pyvirprrqbgqrzbaqbgpbhx.fizd060.pminews@news.cable.ntl.com>, "Clive"
<clive@cee3DOTdemonDOTco.uk> writes:
>On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:11:45 GMT, Jaime A. Cruz, Jr. wrote:
>
>:>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>:>Hash: SHA1
>:>
>:>Matrox has finally released an update to their buggy 2.23 drivers.
>:>Unfortunately, this new release (2.31) causes my system to lock up as soon
as
>:>the OS/2 Warp blue logo pops up on boot. Only way to recover was to reboot
>:>to the command line (trying the setting to reset to VGA locked up as well)
>:>and manually entering the SETVGA command.
>:>
>:>Fortunately, installing the 2.22 driver fixed it again. Running an old 2M
>:>Millenium. Now I'm afraid to install the update on my home computer with a
>:>4M Mystique. Guess I'll lurk and see how others are doing with it...
>:>
>
>
>Upgraded Mystique 220+RR (2Mb) (BIOS v1.6) here without problem.
>
>,c.
Upgraded a new Matrox AGP400 here that was locking up as described
during the boot run as described. The September 28, 1999, driver fixed
it here and allowed us to continue upgrade runs..
--> Sleep well; OS2's still awake! ;)
Mike.Luther@ziplog.com
Mike.Luther@f3000.n117.z1.fidonet.org
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From: lberk.no.spam@ibm.net 02-Oct-99 15:11:02
To: All 02-Oct-99 21:37:18
Subj: Re: AGP and OS/2 doesn't it work at all?
From: Len Berk <lberk.no.spam@ibm.net>
Gunther,
The first driver to load is SCREEN01.SYS, long before the desktop appears.
Try unpacking the Savage4 SCREEN01.SYS and copying it into your \OS2
subdirectory. That may be all you need.
Len
Gunther Natter wrote:
> "M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn" wrote:
> > .... I have seen this trapping during booting on video change
> > earlier with GRADD. It was due to a leftover obscure video-detection
> > file somewhere on which GRADD simply trapped.
>
> Seems that my trapping has nothing to do with "video drivers" because my
> system hangs - in my opinion - long before loading any video drivers. Or
> am I wrong here?
>
> I never had any GRADD. My old video card is a Elsa Victory 3d PCI (S3
> Virge) with Elsa drivers.
>
> Gunther
>
> P.S.: Scanpci reported (with old video card) a parity error at PCI bridge.
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From: aarregh@interlandsrl.it 02-Oct-99 15:58:18
To: All 02-Oct-99 21:37:18
Subj: MGA 2.31
From: aarregh@interlandsrl.it (Antonio Arreghini)
Ciao all,
Are these drivers working fine? On my system (W4 + Fix6 + MGA G200) they just
switch of the monitor
at PMShell loading... and everything is locked! I've just to reboot! Any
ideas?
Ciao
/^\
/ - \ntonio
-+- Internet: aarregh@interlandsrl.it
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-+- PGP Public Key Available on request
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-+- The Arrex/2... powered by Os/2 Warp 4... proud to be 100% Micro$oft free
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From: gayleburnett@earthlink.net 02-Oct-99 12:29:01
To: All 02-Oct-99 21:37:18
Subj: Problems with 1024 X 768
From: Gayle Burnett <gayleburnett@earthlink.net>
I'm using OS/2 Warp 4, FixPak 9, S3 Trio64+ video card with 2 MB,
AcerView 54e monitor and S3 Trio64+ video drivers.
The default is DDC monitor. All the other modes run fine, except
1024 X 768. The only resolutions listed are 60 HZ and 43 HZ.
At 60 HZ I can't even see my WarpCenter! 43 HZ everything
works fine.
Am I using the wrong monitor type? I'd appreciate any suggestions.
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From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com 02-Oct-99 11:24:28
To: All 02-Oct-99 22:25:16
Subj: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett)
-----------------------------------
SciTech Display Doctor 7.0 for OS/2
PREVIEW RELEASE 7
-----------------------------------
Where do you get it?
--------------------
You can download SciTech Display Doctor 7.0 for OS/2 BETA 7 from our ftp
site using the following URL:
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.0-b7.zip
Please direct all discussion and bug reports for the product to our OS/2
beta newsgroup at:
news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.display.doctor.os2.beta
If you don't have access to news, you can also read and post messages to
our newsgroups via our web gateway located on our web site at:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/dnewsweb/top.tpl
What is SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2?
----------------------------------------
SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 brings SciTech's proven DOS and Windows
device support technologies to the OS/2 Operating System. Although one of
the core features of our DOS and Windows products is the support for the
VESA VBE/Core standard, the OS/2 version has nothing at all to do with
VESA services. Rather SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 incorporates the
new SciTech Nucleus, Graphics Architecture device driver technology to
bring SciTech's device support to the OS/2 platform.
SciTech Nucleus is a binary portable, OS neutral, device driver
architecture. As binary portable drivers, SciTech can fully develop and
test the core device drivers in the DOS and Windows environments, while
being able to target any Intel x86 based OS as the runtime environment
(such as OS/2). This essentially allows the OS/2 product to utilise the
same SciTech binary device drivers as the DOS and Windows versions of the
product, improving the quality and performance of the drivers for all
supported operating systems.
Runtime Requirements
--------------------
SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 requires a version of OS/2 Warp 3 or OS/2
Warp 4 in order to run. More imporantly, it requires at least Warp 3 with
fixpack 35, or Warp 4 with fixpack 5 installed. If you have a version
with earlier fixpacks installed, SciTech Display Doctor will refuse to
install.
List of all supported chips:
----------------------------
This is a complete list of the various graphics cards that this version
of SciTech Display Doctor supports. Please note that this list refers to
the actual chips being used, not a board-level implementation. Thus you
will not see any products from Hercules or STB on the list, but their
products are supported because they use S3, Cirrus, Tseng, etc. chips.
Also, any card with less than 512KB of memory cannot be supported by
SciTech Display Doctor.
. 3DLabs Permedia, Permedia 2, Permedia 2V
. Alliance ProMotion 6422, ProMotion AT24, ProMotion AT25
. Alliance ProMotion AT3D
. ATI Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 ET, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage
. ATI Mach64 VTB, 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC
. ATI 3D Rage Pro, 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage XC
. ATI Rage 128
. Chips & Technologies 65550, 65554, 65555, 68554, 68555, 69000
. Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
. Cirrus Logic Laguna 5462, Laguna 5464, Laguna 5465
. Cyrix Media GX, Media GXi, Media GXm
. InteGraphics IGA1680, IGA1682, IGA1683, CyberPro 2000
. InteGraphics CyberPro 2010
. Intel i740
. Macronix 86250, 86251
. Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique
. Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA G100, MGA G200, MGA-G400
. Philips 9710, 9712
. Rendition Verite V1000, Verite V2100/V2200
. S3 Vision 864, Vision 964, Vision 868, Vision 968, Trio32, Trio64
. S3 Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX, Aurora64V+, Virge, Virge/DX/GX
. S3 Virge/VX, Virge/GX2, Virge/MX, Trio3D, Trio3D2x, Savage3D
. S3 Savage4
. Sigma Designs RealMagic 64 GX
. SiS 6202, 6205, 6215, 5597/5598, 6326, 5595/530
. Tseng Labs ET6000, ET6100
Note that there are many more chipsets that will work with our existing
legacy VBE/AF based drivers, that are not included in this list. For a
complete list of all chipsets supported in our prior Windows and DOS
products, please visit our web site. We are currently in the process of
moving all our existing device support code to our new SciTech Nucleus
device driver architecture. The above list only lists those drivers that
have been converted, and we won't be supporting any chipsets not on the
list until those drivers are properly converted.
Changes in BETA 7:
------------------
. Finally fixed the bugs stopping our legacy VBE/AF drivers from working!
Now SDD/2 should work on just about *any* graphics card, using Nucleus
for maximum performance on new drivers, and VBE/AF for support of legacy
cards. Hence we now support even ISA and VLB cards all the way back to
the old Tseng Labs ET3000 and Trident 8900's!
. Nailed the nasty bugs causing Watchcat, Process Commander and other
fullscreen (and PM) applications to crash. Hopefully now all stranges
crashes in the system with other applications will have been solved.
. Added extended text modes back into the driver, now that the above
problems have been solved.
. Added full Plug and Play monitor detection when SDD/2 loads for the
first time. This will automatically detect the monitor capabilities and
filter the list of display modes and refresh rates based on this
information.
. Updated the GAMon monitor selection program to be more friendly. If you
run this program with no command line and a monitor has been selected, it
now reports the configured monitor information. This can be used to
determine what SDD/2 automatically detected for your monitor via Plug and
Play. It also allows you to force certain flags on and off, such as DPMS,
GTF and 16:9 display modes.
. Reverted to using hardware default memory clock for Matrox drivers to
avoid problems with overclocking memory. Our control panel will
eventually allow the user to overclock their hardware if they wish.
. Added a new GAMemClk command line program, which allows the user to
manually tweak the memory clock on their board to achieved maximum
performance.
. Added a new GAMode command line program to allow the user to add and
delete custom display modes and refresh rates to the Nucleus driver.
Basically this is the Dial-A-Mode command line program.
. Added support for generating a valid GRADD.MOD file when SDD/2 loads.
This can be used to provide automatic support for Workspace On Demand in
SDD/2.
. Fixed centering and refresh for text modes in GACtrl, so that the
adjusted values are now correctly saved for the drivers.
. Added support for the Matrox MGA-G400 chipset, as well as additional
support for 24bpp modes on Matrox Millenium and Millenium II boards. Also
updated the Millenium and Millenium II support so that all high
resolution modes are available (up to 1600x1200x32 on 8Meg boards).
. Added support for S3 Vision series of chipsets. The drivers are not
fully QA'ed at this stage, but should work well.
. Added support for more ATI chipsets, including the Rage Mobility and
Rage XL/XC chipsets.
. Updates and fixes for Cirrus Logic drivers, including enabling full
acceleration for Cirrus Laguna 5465 chipsets.
--
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| SciTech Software - Building Truly Plug'n'Play Software! |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Kendall Bennett | To reply via email, remove nospam from |
| Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. Do NOT send |
| SciTech Software, Inc. | unsolicited commercial email! |
| 505 Wall Street | ftp : ftp.scitechsoft.com |
| Chico, CA 95928, USA | www : http://www.scitechsoft.com |
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From: rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu 02-Oct-99 13:29:17
To: All 03-Oct-99 03:16:07
Subj: PM freeze problem after installing Linux
From: rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu (Roger Zimmermann)
Hi everyone,
I have a strange problem and I am getting really desperate to find a
solution.
The situation is as follows:
Last Friday I tried to install Linux RedHat 6.0 on a partition of my
Dell Dimension XPS R450 system with a 12 GB drive.
I already have Win98 and OS/2 Warp 4, FP11, on it (via Boot Manager).
Before the Linux installation, OS/2 was working very stable for weeks.
Primary Partition: Boot Manager (7MB)
Primary Partition: C: Win98 (2GB)
Extended Partition: D: OS/2 boot (HPFS, 2GB)
Extended Partition: E: OS/2 data (HPFS, 2GB)
Extended Partition: G: Fat32, 2GB (drive is G: because of PARTFILT remapping)
Extended Partition: F: OS/2 scratch (HPFS, 4GB), to be used for Linux
The Linux installation went OK on the F: partition as far as I could tell.
I added Linux to the Boot Manager and was able to boot into all three OSes.
Since then I have this very strange problem with OS/2. I can boot into OS/2,
work for about 2-3 minutes, and then PM applications such as Netscape
Communicator, Acrobat Reader, etc. freeze. OS/2 windowed command prompts
continue to work but nothing PM related. Shutdown also does not work
anymore after some applications freeze.
The Linux partition used to be HPFS but I had only data on that
partition, no programs and there are no references in config.sys to F:
I have since removed Linux and restored my previous configuration (with
F: being HPFS). I have also removed the Linux entry from the Boot Manager.
I have switched OS/2 to VGA mode (I have a Matrox G200, driver v2.23) and I
have also tried an STB card. I have restored a backup of my OS/2 system
disk (D:) from two weeks ago. I have also tried to clean up my OS2.INI and
OS2SYS.INI files.
The result remains the same: PM applications freeze after about 2-3 minutes.
As far as I can tell, I am back to were I started with my configuration,
but the problem remains. Also, the problem seems to be strangely time (and
not individual application) related. There are no error messages.
I don't think it is a hardware problem since Win98 still works fine and
OS/2 also works with non-PM applications.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I really hope I don't need to start from scratch (because it seems that
even restoring system backups do not help).
Regards,
Roger
rzimmerm@imsc.usc.edu
--
_________
Roger Zimmermann, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu
http://perspolis.usc.edu/Users/zimmerma
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From: baden@unixg.ubc.ca 03-Oct-99 03:17:26
To: All 03-Oct-99 03:16:07
Subj: Re: PM freeze problem after installing Linux
From: baden@unixg.ubc.ca (Baden Kudrenecky)
Hi Roger:
The problem is weird, however, I have had similar problems
with different OSes on the same machines, and it may be caused
by Linux reconfiguring the video or network card settings.
In <7t5pve$hr7$1@almaak.usc.edu>, rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu (Roger Zimmermann)
writes:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I have a strange problem and I am getting really desperate to find a
>solution.
>
>The situation is as follows:
>Last Friday I tried to install Linux RedHat 6.0 on a partition of my
>Dell Dimension XPS R450 system with a 12 GB drive.
>I already have Win98 and OS/2 Warp 4, FP11, on it (via Boot Manager).
>Before the Linux installation, OS/2 was working very stable for weeks.
>
> Primary Partition: Boot Manager (7MB)
> Primary Partition: C: Win98 (2GB)
> Extended Partition: D: OS/2 boot (HPFS, 2GB)
> Extended Partition: E: OS/2 data (HPFS, 2GB)
> Extended Partition: G: Fat32, 2GB (drive is G: because of PARTFILT
remapping)
> Extended Partition: F: OS/2 scratch (HPFS, 4GB), to be used for Linux
>
>The Linux installation went OK on the F: partition as far as I could tell.
>I added Linux to the Boot Manager and was able to boot into all three OSes.
>
>Since then I have this very strange problem with OS/2. I can boot into OS/2,
>work for about 2-3 minutes, and then PM applications such as Netscape
>Communicator, Acrobat Reader, etc. freeze. OS/2 windowed command prompts
>continue to work but nothing PM related. Shutdown also does not work
>anymore after some applications freeze.
>The Linux partition used to be HPFS but I had only data on that
>partition, no programs and there are no references in config.sys to F:
>
>I have since removed Linux and restored my previous configuration (with
>F: being HPFS). I have also removed the Linux entry from the Boot Manager.
>I have switched OS/2 to VGA mode (I have a Matrox G200, driver v2.23) and I
>have also tried an STB card. I have restored a backup of my OS/2 system
>disk (D:) from two weeks ago. I have also tried to clean up my OS2.INI and
>OS2SYS.INI files.
>
>The result remains the same: PM applications freeze after about 2-3 minutes.
>As far as I can tell, I am back to were I started with my configuration,
>but the problem remains. Also, the problem seems to be strangely time (and
>not individual application) related. There are no error messages.
>I don't think it is a hardware problem since Win98 still works fine and
>OS/2 also works with non-PM applications.
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>I really hope I don't need to start from scratch (because it seems that
>even restoring system backups do not help).
>
>Regards,
>Roger
>
>rzimmerm@imsc.usc.edu
>
>--
>_________
>Roger Zimmermann, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
>rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu
>http://perspolis.usc.edu/Users/zimmerma
baden
baden@unixg.ubc.ca
http://baden.nu/
OS/2, Solaris & Linux
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From: baden@unixg.ubc.ca 03-Oct-99 03:11:16
To: All 03-Oct-99 03:16:07
Subj: Re: Problems with 1024 X 768
From: baden@unixg.ubc.ca (Baden Kudrenecky)
In <37F632CE.56B58A8D@earthlink.net>, Gayle Burnett
<gayleburnett@earthlink.net> writes:
>I'm using OS/2 Warp 4, FixPak 9, S3 Trio64+ video card with 2 MB,
>AcerView 54e monitor and S3 Trio64+ video drivers.
>
>The default is DDC monitor. All the other modes run fine, except
>1024 X 768. The only resolutions listed are 60 HZ and 43 HZ.
>At 60 HZ I can't even see my WarpCenter! 43 HZ everything
>works fine.
>
>Am I using the wrong monitor type? I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
Yes, evidently the Acer monitor does not support DDC (Display
Data Channel), so you will have to manually enter a monitor
type. Try a better multifrequency monitor. I am personally
unaware of what refresh the Acer is capable of, but it shows up
to 1024X768@24bpp on my Matrox settings.
baden
baden@unixg.ubc.ca
http://baden.nu/
OS/2, Solaris & Linux
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From: centus@coqui.net 03-Oct-99 03:21:27
To: All 03-Oct-99 03:16:07
Subj: Re: IBM licenses SDD/2!
From: centus@coqui.net
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:40:07, KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall
Bennett) wrote:
Thank you Kendall, SDD brings some life to our OS'. This is a BIG
GOOD news!.
I installed beta 7 and it allowed an ATI RAge 128 to use better
drivers than those privided by ATI.
Thanks and standing ovation, my friend.!
Edfel Rivera
> Hi All,
>
> Today is the first day of an official agreement between IBM and
> SciTech for licensing SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2. IBM has
> licensed a special edition of our SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2
> product, to be made publicly available via their drivers online
> pages, and in upcoming fixpacks for OS/2 Warp Client, OS/2 Warp
> Server for e-Business and Workspace On Demand. In essence SciTech
> Display Doctor will become the official display driver technology
> included in all OS/2 products for IBM.
>
> The IBM Special Edition of SciTech Display Doctor contains a subset
> of the features contained in the full product, as outlined below:
>
> . Resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200
> . Support for all color depths
> . Refresh rates from 60Hz to 85Hz
> . DDC Plug and Play monitor detection
> . Full hardware 2D acceleration
> . Hardware cursor
>
> The IBM Special Edition will be made available by IBM after it passes
> IBM's acceptance requirements. More information on this announcement
> will be forthcoming when we do our official press release on the
> matter.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
>
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | SciTech Software - Building Truly Plug'n'Play Software! |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Kendall Bennett | To reply via email, remove nospam from |
> | Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. Do NOT send |
> | SciTech Software, Inc. | unsolicited commercial email! |
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From: centus@coqui.net 03-Oct-99 03:08:01
To: All 03-Oct-99 03:16:07
Subj: Kendall, Thank_You_Very_Much!! :^) Was: Re: IBM licenses SDD/2!
From: centus@coqui.net
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:40:07, KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall
Bennett) wrote:
Well, I bought an ATI RAge 128 and if SDD Beta 7 installed just fine.
I hope it will continue to work as advertised. These days finding
supported OS/2 video cards is NOT easy. Your job, is SUPERB and
definitely will help US and our OS/2. IMO, if IBM licenses (and keep
improving) SDD, we will ot have to worry about video cards anymore.
I repeat this is a BIG GOOD NEWS!. Thank you for the job done in the
development of SDD for OS/2. A work thats so good that IBM seems to
be interested in licensing....
My standing Ovatioooooon for SDD developers and Kendall!!!!
> Hi All,
>
> Today is the first day of an official agreement between IBM and
> SciTech for licensing SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2. IBM has
> licensed a special edition of our SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2
> product, to be made publicly available via their drivers online
> pages, and in upcoming fixpacks for OS/2 Warp Client, OS/2 Warp
> Server for e-Business and Workspace On Demand. In essence SciTech
> Display Doctor will become the official display driver technology
> included in all OS/2 products for IBM.
>
> The IBM Special Edition of SciTech Display Doctor contains a subset
> of the features contained in the full product, as outlined below:
>
> . Resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200
> . Support for all color depths
> . Refresh rates from 60Hz to 85Hz
> . DDC Plug and Play monitor detection
> . Full hardware 2D acceleration
> . Hardware cursor
>
> The IBM Special Edition will be made available by IBM after it passes
> IBM's acceptance requirements. More information on this announcement
> will be forthcoming when we do our official press release on the
> matter.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
>
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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> | Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. Do NOT send |
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From: Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com 03-Oct-99 13:51:23
To: All 03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 11:14:49 +0100 (MEZ), Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
->>>. Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
->
->Any word on support for Cirrus Logic Laptop chipsets? I do have a company
laptop
->with a 7548 chip and the drivers stink.
And NeoMagic support would be nice too...
Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)
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From: News@The-Net-4U.com 03-Oct-99 17:23:17
To: All 04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: S3 AGP card drivers / GRADD install?
From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn)
My new AGP S3-card could just be popped in instead
of the old Diamond / Video7 PCI-card. Worked flawless.
However, living the dangerous side even more I decided
to go out to take a look if my GRADD .77 should not be up
graded ot something S3 has to offer or updated to GRADD .80.
One can guess <g> that this was to much. Anybody aware of
working S3 drivers for a card with a chipset presenting itself as
as TRIO 3D/2X 362/368 when I use the DOS-utility to display the
current chipset that is in the Misc-Lib on the S3-site? Anyone been
there, done that experiences on trying to get the GRADD .80 working?
Regards from Leeuwarden
Peter van Dobben de Bruijn
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From: rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu 03-Oct-99 11:29:12
To: All 04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re:_PM_freeze_problem_after_installing_Linux
From: rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu (Roger Zimmermann)
Hi Baden,
Your explanation makes a lot of sense. I did go back to some previous
"known good" software configuration and the problem persists, so it might
very well be hardware settings related. I already swapped out the video
card (and went to VGA mode, too) which did not seem to help.
I hadn't thought about the network card, but I'll try to re-initialize
it to factory defaults and see what happens (or maybe just remove it for
a test). I will have to do that on Monday, though, because it is the
machine at work.
The Dell machine also has a built-in audio chip, so maybe I should check
the BIOS settings.
Thanks very much for your help and I will report on any progress on
Monday,
Regards,
Roger
>From baden@unixg.ubc.ca Sun Oct 3 10:39:48 PDT 1999
>
>Hi Roger:
>
> The problem is weird, however, I have had similar problems
>with different OSes on the same machines, and it may be caused
>by Linux reconfiguring the video or network card settings.
>
--
_________
Roger Zimmermann, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
rzimmerm@almaak.usc.edu
http://perspolis.usc.edu/Users/zimmerma
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From: centus@coqui.net 03-Oct-99 21:51:27
To: All 04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: centus@coqui.net
On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 16:24:57, KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall
Bennett) wrote:
Hi, How could I 're-initializa' SDD Beta 7?
After only 1 day using the driver, I changed the system date to 2005
for Y2K testing. SDD inactivated and now When I try to re-install the
beta 7, it just doesn't want to work. :(
I just want to have the remaining 20 days of the beta license
working...
Thanks
'Edfel
> -----------------------------------
> SciTech Display Doctor 7.0 for OS/2
> PREVIEW RELEASE 7
> -----------------------------------
>
>
> Where do you get it?
> --------------------
>
> You can download SciTech Display Doctor 7.0 for OS/2 BETA 7 from our ftp
> site using the following URL:
>
> ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.0-b7.zip
>
> Please direct all discussion and bug reports for the product to our OS/2
> beta newsgroup at:
>
> news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.display.doctor.os2.beta
>
> If you don't have access to news, you can also read and post messages to
> our newsgroups via our web gateway located on our web site at:
>
> http://www.scitechsoft.com/dnewsweb/top.tpl
>
>
> What is SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2?
> ----------------------------------------
>
> SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 brings SciTech's proven DOS and Windows
> device support technologies to the OS/2 Operating System. Although one of
> the core features of our DOS and Windows products is the support for the
> VESA VBE/Core standard, the OS/2 version has nothing at all to do with
> VESA services. Rather SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 incorporates the
> new SciTech Nucleus, Graphics Architecture device driver technology to
> bring SciTech's device support to the OS/2 platform.
>
> SciTech Nucleus is a binary portable, OS neutral, device driver
> architecture. As binary portable drivers, SciTech can fully develop and
> test the core device drivers in the DOS and Windows environments, while
> being able to target any Intel x86 based OS as the runtime environment
> (such as OS/2). This essentially allows the OS/2 product to utilise the
> same SciTech binary device drivers as the DOS and Windows versions of the
> product, improving the quality and performance of the drivers for all
> supported operating systems.
>
>
> Runtime Requirements
> --------------------
>
> SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 requires a version of OS/2 Warp 3 or OS/2
> Warp 4 in order to run. More imporantly, it requires at least Warp 3 with
> fixpack 35, or Warp 4 with fixpack 5 installed. If you have a version
> with earlier fixpacks installed, SciTech Display Doctor will refuse to
> install.
>
>
> List of all supported chips:
> ----------------------------
>
> This is a complete list of the various graphics cards that this version
> of SciTech Display Doctor supports. Please note that this list refers to
> the actual chips being used, not a board-level implementation. Thus you
> will not see any products from Hercules or STB on the list, but their
> products are supported because they use S3, Cirrus, Tseng, etc. chips.
> Also, any card with less than 512KB of memory cannot be supported by
> SciTech Display Doctor.
>
> . 3DLabs Permedia, Permedia 2, Permedia 2V
> . Alliance ProMotion 6422, ProMotion AT24, ProMotion AT25
> . Alliance ProMotion AT3D
> . ATI Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 ET, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage
> . ATI Mach64 VTB, 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC
> . ATI 3D Rage Pro, 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage XC
> . ATI Rage 128
> . Chips & Technologies 65550, 65554, 65555, 68554, 68555, 69000
> . Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
> . Cirrus Logic Laguna 5462, Laguna 5464, Laguna 5465
> . Cyrix Media GX, Media GXi, Media GXm
> . InteGraphics IGA1680, IGA1682, IGA1683, CyberPro 2000
> . InteGraphics CyberPro 2010
> . Intel i740
> . Macronix 86250, 86251
> . Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique
> . Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA G100, MGA G200, MGA-G400
> . Philips 9710, 9712
> . Rendition Verite V1000, Verite V2100/V2200
> . S3 Vision 864, Vision 964, Vision 868, Vision 968, Trio32, Trio64
> . S3 Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX, Aurora64V+, Virge, Virge/DX/GX
> . S3 Virge/VX, Virge/GX2, Virge/MX, Trio3D, Trio3D2x, Savage3D
> . S3 Savage4
> . Sigma Designs RealMagic 64 GX
> . SiS 6202, 6205, 6215, 5597/5598, 6326, 5595/530
> . Tseng Labs ET6000, ET6100
>
> Note that there are many more chipsets that will work with our existing
> legacy VBE/AF based drivers, that are not included in this list. For a
> complete list of all chipsets supported in our prior Windows and DOS
> products, please visit our web site. We are currently in the process of
> moving all our existing device support code to our new SciTech Nucleus
> device driver architecture. The above list only lists those drivers that
> have been converted, and we won't be supporting any chipsets not on the
> list until those drivers are properly converted.
>
>
> Changes in BETA 7:
> ------------------
>
> .. Finally fixed the bugs stopping our legacy VBE/AF drivers from working!
> Now SDD/2 should work on just about *any* graphics card, using Nucleus
> for maximum performance on new drivers, and VBE/AF for support of legacy
> cards. Hence we now support even ISA and VLB cards all the way back to
> the old Tseng Labs ET3000 and Trident 8900's!
>
> .. Nailed the nasty bugs causing Watchcat, Process Commander and other
> fullscreen (and PM) applications to crash. Hopefully now all stranges
> crashes in the system with other applications will have been solved.
>
> .. Added extended text modes back into the driver, now that the above
> problems have been solved.
>
> .. Added full Plug and Play monitor detection when SDD/2 loads for the
> first time. This will automatically detect the monitor capabilities and
> filter the list of display modes and refresh rates based on this
> information.
>
> .. Updated the GAMon monitor selection program to be more friendly. If you
> run this program with no command line and a monitor has been selected, it
> now reports the configured monitor information. This can be used to
> determine what SDD/2 automatically detected for your monitor via Plug and
> Play. It also allows you to force certain flags on and off, such as DPMS,
> GTF and 16:9 display modes.
>
> .. Reverted to using hardware default memory clock for Matrox drivers to
> avoid problems with overclocking memory. Our control panel will
> eventually allow the user to overclock their hardware if they wish.
>
> .. Added a new GAMemClk command line program, which allows the user to
> manually tweak the memory clock on their board to achieved maximum
> performance.
>
> .. Added a new GAMode command line program to allow the user to add and
> delete custom display modes and refresh rates to the Nucleus driver.
> Basically this is the Dial-A-Mode command line program.
>
> .. Added support for generating a valid GRADD.MOD file when SDD/2 loads.
> This can be used to provide automatic support for Workspace On Demand in
> SDD/2.
>
> .. Fixed centering and refresh for text modes in GACtrl, so that the
> adjusted values are now correctly saved for the drivers.
>
> .. Added support for the Matrox MGA-G400 chipset, as well as additional
> support for 24bpp modes on Matrox Millenium and Millenium II boards. Also
> updated the Millenium and Millenium II support so that all high
> resolution modes are available (up to 1600x1200x32 on 8Meg boards).
>
> .. Added support for S3 Vision series of chipsets. The drivers are not
> fully QA'ed at this stage, but should work well.
>
> .. Added support for more ATI chipsets, including the Rage Mobility and
> Rage XL/XC chipsets.
>
> .. Updates and fixes for Cirrus Logic drivers, including enabling full
> acceleration for Cirrus Laguna 5465 chipsets.
>
>
> --
>
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | SciTech Software - Building Truly Plug'n'Play Software! |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Kendall Bennett | To reply via email, remove nospam from |
> | Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. Do NOT send |
> | SciTech Software, Inc. | unsolicited commercial email! |
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> | Chico, CA 95928, USA | www : http://www.scitechsoft.com |
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From: Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com 04-Oct-99 19:41:28
To: All 04-Oct-99 19:53:12
Subj: Re: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
On 04 Oct 1999 12:17:01 +0000, Uli Wortmann wrote:
->"Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com> writes:
->
->> And NeoMagic support would be nice too...
->
->Definetly. The current IBM driver is basically crap. Performance is
->about 200 times! slower than on my 2 year old MGA Millenium. Note that
->the screen_to_screen performance of the Neomagic chip is about 10
->times faster than on the Millenium (Dive is comparable). To me it
->simply looks like bad coding. BTW, the current driver for the TP390E
->will cause lots of repaint problems with emacs.
I've abandoned all the Neomagic drivers and have switched to using GRADD
since that's the only driver that I've found so far that supports the
non-standard 800x480 resolution that is used by my Toshiba Libretto. So
far I've had no problems (but it's only been two days).
Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)
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From: Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com 04-Oct-99 19:39:25
To: All 04-Oct-99 19:53:12
Subj: Re: ATI Rage Pro Drivers - need advice or ideas
From: "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 15:20:21 GMT, ffitz@my-deja.com wrote:
->I was advised to dump the GRADD drivers due
->to a known problem with black rectangles
->being displayed in place of some graphics.
->I was seeing them in VAC++ Visual Builder
->instead of the toolbar icons. I've tried
->the GRADD drivers from the .80 fixpack and
->the ones available from the Dell website.
->
->This machine is a Dell OptiPlex GX1 with
->integrated ATI Rage Pro video. I downloaded
->the ATI version 435 drivers (non-GRADD) from
->an FTP site, but the install hung during
->DSPINSTL (tried twice, hang in same place)
->and on reboot I have a vegitable until I
->alt-F1 and reset to VGA.
->
->I'm running OS/2 Warp Connect v3 with recent
->fixpacks applied. (CSD levels IP08000,
->XR0W040)
->
->If you know of some drivers that work with
->this configuration, or have some idea that
->ought to work, please let me know.
Go to http://www.compaq.com and choose support then desktop and tell it
that you have a Deskpro EN 6266. Get the video drivers from there and make
the diskette(s) for them. Use those.
If you have a late fixpack on then you need to unpack DSPINSTL.EX_ from
your fixpack archive directory and put it back in \os2\install (renaming
the current one first). It goes over with a SYS3175 otherwise.
Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)
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From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com 04-Oct-99 13:11:24
To: All 04-Oct-99 19:53:12
Subj: Re: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett)
In article
<geribeurzfyrlqvnycvcrkpbz.fj1gab0.pminews@news.dial.pipex.com>, Trevor-
Hemsley@dial.pipex.com says...
> On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 11:14:49 +0100 (MEZ), Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
>
> ->>>. Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
> ->
> ->Any word on support for Cirrus Logic Laptop chipsets? I do have a company
laptop
> ->with a 7548 chip and the drivers stink.
>
> And NeoMagic support would be nice too...
I expect NeoMagic support will be completed in beta 8, as we have the
drivers nearly done already.
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From: Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com 05-Oct-99 00:49:16
To: All 04-Oct-99 21:24:10
Subj: Re: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:11:49 -0500, Kendall Bennett wrote:
->I expect NeoMagic support will be completed in beta 8, as we have the
->drivers nearly done already.
What chance that they'll work with the Libretto resolution of 800x480?
(Yes, that's 800 x 480 not a misprinted 600x480).
Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)
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From: cocke@ibm.net 04-Oct-99 09:19:11
To: All 04-Oct-99 22:07:06
Subj: Re: GRADD .8 screwed up video install
From: Michael W. Cocke <cocke@ibm.net>
I haven't encountered the problem, but it sounds like you may need to
fool around with the DSPINSTL program, which, on my system, is located
in /OS2/INSTALL/VGA. I don't know where you'd look for docs on this
program, but if you run it with the parameter HELP, displays what looks
like the initial install video driver select. YMMV, and at your own
risk.
On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 23:53:06 GMT, Duncan Munro wrote:
>I recently tried to install GRADD .8 on a Warp4/FP10 machine with a
>S3765 PCI card. The install failed and now I cannot reinstall my older
>S3 2.8.4 drivers. using setvga gets me a plain VGA install but when I
>try to install the older drivers it fails with an "unable to find
>valid .dsp file" or words to that effect. Has anyone else run into
>this problem?
>
>TIA
>
>Duncan
>
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From: News@The-Net-4U.com 04-Oct-99 14:45:04
To: All 04-Oct-99 22:07:07
Subj: Re: GRADD .8 screwed up video install
From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn)
> dunmunro@direct.ca (Duncan Munro) wrote:
> I recently tried to install GRADD .8 on a Warp4/FP10 machine with a
> S3765 PCI card. The install failed and now I cannot reinstall my older
> S3 2.8.4 drivers. using setvga gets me a plain VGA install but when I
> try to install the older drivers it fails with an "unable to find
> valid .dsp file" or words to that effect. Has anyone else run into
> this problem?
No, I ran into other problems trying GRADD .8 with an S3 Trio card.
That is, using the S3 option of that GRADD, when I did it again with
the generic SVGA option GEN it worked. Perhaps trying GEN gives you
the functionality of the card again without need of going back to S3-drivers?
Regards from Leeuwarden
Peter van Dobben de Bruijn
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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca 04-Oct-99 14:22:06
To: All 04-Oct-99 22:07:07
Subj: Re: SYS1803 when installing SDD beta7
From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 09:13:28, domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi (Dominique Pivard)
wrote:
> I tried to install the latest (beta 7) SDD drivers on my system (Warp
> 3, FP42, Matrox Mystique). I got a SYS1803 ("chaining was attempted
> from a REXX batch file") during the install. When I rebooted, I got a
> TRAP0006 with "exception in device driver: sddhelp$". Any idea what
> could have gone wrong?
>
> I have tried to install beta 5 and beta 6 before, and never was able
> to install them on my system. Fortunately, the Matrox drivers (both
> 2.23.082 and now 2.31.100) work fine for me, except that I get
> vertical stripes in StWTV (Hauppauge Primio). I understood this is a
> DIVE-related problem, which is why I'd like to try the SDD drivers.
>
You did not do anything wrong. The SDD/2 SETUP.CMD file
is attempting to run another command file (right at the end of
the installation) called MAKEWPS.CMD that is used to set
up a desktop folder with a number of utilities. You can
set up the folder by running MAKEWPS from the directory
that you unzipped the install zip file into.
You will also want to set up the VCAFILT driver on
the SET C1=SDDGRADD line in the config.sys file
(changing it to SET C1=SDDGRADD,VCAFILT) after
you have the system running with the SDD drivers.
This will allow StWTV to use the GRADD direct draw
capabilities enabled by the VCAFILT driver which
produce a much better display image.
Lorne Sunley
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From: News@The-Net-4U.com 04-Oct-99 14:49:04
To: All 04-Oct-99 22:07:07
Subj: Re: S3 AGP card drivers / GRADD install?
From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn)
Bad etiquette of course replying to your own post,
but not having seen anyone jump in with the solution
I thought it better to try some things myself. Basically I
have now managed to get the card working with GRADD
80 but not with the S3 Trio option of that driver but the GEN
standard SVGA option. Don't know about performance yet, but
thought I should let you all know before someone starts replying.
Regards from Leeuwarden
Peter van Dobben de Bruijn
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From: mikefry@iafrica.nospam.com 04-Oct-99 15:36:00
To: All 04-Oct-99 22:07:07
Subj: Scitech DD & S3 Cards
From: mikefry@iafrica.nospam.com (Mike Fry)
Should SDD/2 work with an S3 card that is identified as:
S3 Chip Identify Utility Version 7
cr2d=89 cr2e=01 cr2f=14 cr30=e1 cr36=d2 cr6f=1e
S3 Video Chip: Trio 64V2 DX (775)
Display Memory Size: 1M
Display Memory Type: 1-Cycle EDO DRAM
Regards,
MIKE FRY
mailto:mikefry@iafrica.com
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From: ffitz@my-deja.com 04-Oct-99 15:20:10
To: All 04-Oct-99 22:07:07
Subj: ATI Rage Pro Drivers - need advice or ideas
From: ffitz@my-deja.com
I was advised to dump the GRADD drivers due
to a known problem with black rectangles
being displayed in place of some graphics.
I was seeing them in VAC++ Visual Builder
instead of the toolbar icons. I've tried
the GRADD drivers from the .80 fixpack and
the ones available from the Dell website.
This machine is a Dell OptiPlex GX1 with
integrated ATI Rage Pro video. I downloaded
the ATI version 435 drivers (non-GRADD) from
an FTP site, but the install hung during
DSPINSTL (tried twice, hang in same place)
and on reboot I have a vegitable until I
alt-F1 and reset to VGA.
I'm running OS/2 Warp Connect v3 with recent
fixpacks applied. (CSD levels IP08000,
XR0W040)
If you know of some drivers that work with
this configuration, or have some idea that
ought to work, please let me know.
Thanks.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: joehenley@worldnet.att.net 04-Oct-99 21:51:06
To: All 05-Oct-99 04:01:06
Subj: Re: SYS1803 when installing SDD beta7
From: "Joseph O. Henley" <joehenley@worldnet.att.net>
Lorne,
Yes, but he will still likely get the vertical lines. I still do on
mine.
Joe
Warp 4, FP12, Millenium, latest BIOS, SDD Beta 7, WinCast driver 1.041W
Lorne Sunley wrote:
>
> On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 09:13:28, domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi (Dominique Pivard)
> wrote:
>
> > I tried to install the latest (beta 7) SDD drivers on my system (Warp
> > 3, FP42, Matrox Mystique). I got a SYS1803 ("chaining was attempted
> > from a REXX batch file") during the install. When I rebooted, I got a
> > TRAP0006 with "exception in device driver: sddhelp$". Any idea what
> > could have gone wrong?
> >
> > I have tried to install beta 5 and beta 6 before, and never was able
> > to install them on my system. Fortunately, the Matrox drivers (both
> > 2.23.082 and now 2.31.100) work fine for me, except that I get
> > vertical stripes in StWTV (Hauppauge Primio). I understood this is a
> > DIVE-related problem, which is why I'd like to try the SDD drivers.
> >
>
> You did not do anything wrong. The SDD/2 SETUP.CMD file
> is attempting to run another command file (right at the end of
> the installation) called MAKEWPS.CMD that is used to set
> up a desktop folder with a number of utilities. You can
> set up the folder by running MAKEWPS from the directory
> that you unzipped the install zip file into.
>
> You will also want to set up the VCAFILT driver on
> the SET C1=SDDGRADD line in the config.sys file
> (changing it to SET C1=SDDGRADD,VCAFILT) after
> you have the system running with the SDD drivers.
> This will allow StWTV to use the GRADD direct draw
> capabilities enabled by the VCAFILT driver which
> produce a much better display image.
>
> Lorne Sunley
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From: z2718t2828@990.net 05-Oct-99 08:28:20
To: All 05-Oct-99 10:27:11
Subj: promotion 6410 card
From: "wangyi" <z2718t2828@990.net>
Hello everybody !
I have a Alliance ProMotion 6410 PCI video card,no driver,
used under OS2/2.1 version environment,only display 16 color and
resolution 640x480.
anyone known where have the card diver may download ?
Or somebody have the card' OS2/2.1 driver,attach a Email send
to me,I'll thanks very much !
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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca 05-Oct-99 13:46:06
To: All 05-Oct-99 11:34:06
Subj: Re: SYS1803 when installing SDD beta7
From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 02:51:13, "Joseph O. Henley"
<joehenley@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Lorne,
>
> Yes, but he will still likely get the vertical lines. I still do on
> mine.
>
<snip most of it>
Are you getting the vertical lines with VCAFILT in the
SET C1=SDDGRADD,VCAFILT config.sys
statement? I know that the vertical lines are an artifact
of DIVE, but I had thought that the GRADD VCAFILT driver
did not do this.
Of course you have to use YADTV/2 or the latest version
of StWTV to use the GRADD direct draw. The WTV app
supplied with the drivers will always use DIVE.
Lorne
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From: Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com 05-Oct-99 19:52:26
To: All 05-Oct-99 16:51:11
Subj: Re: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
On 05 Oct 1999 12:53:02 +0000, Uli Wortmann wrote:
->"Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com> writes:
->> On 04 Oct 1999 12:17:01 +0000, Uli Wortmann wrote:
->> ->"Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com> writes:
->> ->> And NeoMagic support would be nice too...
->> ->Definetly. The current IBM driver is basically crap. Performance is
->> I've abandoned all the Neomagic drivers and have switched to using GRADD
->
->hmmh, does the latest gradd release support the neomagic chips
->(i.e. accelerated ), or do you use the SVGA option?
I'm using GENGRADD as it is the only thing that supports 800x480. There's
no specific Neomagic support there.
Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)
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From: jek404@usa.net 05-Oct-99 20:48:22
To: All 05-Oct-99 19:53:19
Subj: Warpstock '99 Atlanta
From: "Johnny Kitchens" <jek404@usa.net>
Outstanding Software and Specials At Warpstock '99 Atlanta
Warpstock '99 Atlanta Press Release
October 5, 1999
For Immediate Release
Warpstock is THE place to find the latest OS/2 Software. You'll find both
new and updated software from a large assortment of vendors, and be ready to
buy because you won't believe the "show specials" that will be available for
Warpstock attendees!
For example, Hethmon Brothers will be offering their first class Inet.Mail
Pro 1.5 for $399, a full $100 off the normal retail price! Version 1.3 will
be also available at discounted prices. Inet.Mail Pro for OS/2 is a full
featured SMTP and POP3 server for OS/2.
Sundial Systems, the Warped Jeopardy! sponsor and major OS/2 software house
("Sundial has the Answers"), will show their full product line. Look for
outstanding savings on their Mesa 2 spreadsheet; DBExpert relational
database and application builder; Relish, RelishNet, and RelishWeb, all for
time management; the Clearlook word processor; and Rover Pack desktop
enhancements. Plus, get a sneak preview of a new anti-spam product,
code-named Kiwi.
Perfect Niche Software will offer an incredible discount on SMACK!, the easy
to use label printing program. The retail price of SMACK! is $69.95, but
Warpstock attendees can license SMACK! for only $44.95, a $25.00 savings!
Serenity Systems will be supporting a pavilion where more than a dozen ISVs
will demonstrate their applications on Managed Clients supported by
Serenity's amazing WiseManager system. Serenity will also demonstrate their
new WiseTalker Database Server, and will preview their Building Automation
and Security Software, including the "security camera" application. User and
prospective channel partners can look for some "show specials" as well.
And Theta Band software, with Julien Pierre at the helm, has planned special
discounts on their WarpCharge and MMPack software for Warpstock attendees.
WarpCharge lets your web site take credit card orders online, and MMPack is
a top-of-the-line multimedia package.
You'll also see IBM's latest products including OS/2 Warp Server for
e-business, and Workspace On-Demand. IBM is giving over a dozen
presentations, and it's a perfect opportunity for you to see the future
through IBM's eyes.
JBC Software Development will offer a fantastic 30% discount on their
HomePage Publisher and GpfRexx products. HomePage Publisher is the most
powerful OS/2 web page editor on the market. GpfRexx is a visual application
generator that combines the ease of a WYSIWYG visual programming environment
with the power of Rexx.
Also, Armin Schwarz of the Warped Code Cellar has announced discounted
pricing for his powerful House/2, House/290, and UPS Monitor products. Get
all three programs at Warpstock for only $34.00, and Warp your whole house!
HOUSE/2 is designed for easy operation of X10 home control devices, and UPS
Monitor is a utility program to monitor most American Power Conversion (APC)
Uninterruptible Power Sources (UPS) for power line status.
Aviar will showcase several unique OS/2 products including KidStuff for
OS/2, KidStuff for OS/2 Plus Pack, Oz of Prevention System, and "Object Rexx
by Example". The KidStuff titles are edutainment packages for little
children, while "Object Rexx by Example" is a book which teaches Object
Rexx. The Oz of Prevention System is the world's only OS/2 native
speech-aware Computerized Maintenance Management System for Plant Engineers,
Maintenance Managers, and Operations Personnel.
Uwe Schlenter has made special arrangements to provide drastically reduced
prices on his WarpNote, BioGraph/2, and PM Checksum programs. Plus you can
see Phoenix Software's Think Tool Pro desktop database alternative and
CrossTec's NetOp Remote Control for OS/2 remote control software.
With Software and Specials like these, you know you don't want to miss the
premier OS/2 event of the century, Warpstock '99 Atlanta!
OS/2 users from around the world will meet October 16-17 in Atlanta. Visit
http://www.warpstock.org for the complete information about this very
special OS/2 event.
# # # # #
Press release by Tom Bolick (tbolick@ibm.net).
Registration Rates and Deals! Warpstock Home
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From: jek404@usa.net 05-Oct-99 20:49:27
To: All 05-Oct-99 19:53:19
Subj: Warpstock '99 Atlanta, GA USA
From: "Johnny Kitchens" <jek404@usa.net>
Outstanding Software and Specials At Warpstock '99 Atlanta
Warpstock '99 Atlanta Press Release
October 5, 1999
For Immediate Release
Warpstock is THE place to find the latest OS/2 Software. You'll find both
new and updated software from a large assortment of vendors, and be ready to
buy because you won't believe the "show specials" that will be available for
Warpstock attendees!
For example, Hethmon Brothers will be offering their first class Inet.Mail
Pro 1.5 for $399, a full $100 off the normal retail price! Version 1.3 will
be also available at discounted prices. Inet.Mail Pro for OS/2 is a full
featured SMTP and POP3 server for OS/2.
Sundial Systems, the Warped Jeopardy! sponsor and major OS/2 software house
("Sundial has the Answers"), will show their full product line. Look for
outstanding savings on their Mesa 2 spreadsheet; DBExpert relational
database and application builder; Relish, RelishNet, and RelishWeb, all for
time management; the Clearlook word processor; and Rover Pack desktop
enhancements. Plus, get a sneak preview of a new anti-spam product,
code-named Kiwi.
Perfect Niche Software will offer an incredible discount on SMACK!, the easy
to use label printing program. The retail price of SMACK! is $69.95, but
Warpstock attendees can license SMACK! for only $44.95, a $25.00 savings!
Serenity Systems will be supporting a pavilion where more than a dozen ISVs
will demonstrate their applications on Managed Clients supported by
Serenity's amazing WiseManager system. Serenity will also demonstrate their
new WiseTalker Database Server, and will preview their Building Automation
and Security Software, including the "security camera" application. User and
prospective channel partners can look for some "show specials" as well.
And Theta Band software, with Julien Pierre at the helm, has planned special
discounts on their WarpCharge and MMPack software for Warpstock attendees.
WarpCharge lets your web site take credit card orders online, and MMPack is
a top-of-the-line multimedia package.
You'll also see IBM's latest products including OS/2 Warp Server for
e-business, and Workspace On-Demand. IBM is giving over a dozen
presentations, and it's a perfect opportunity for you to see the future
through IBM's eyes.
JBC Software Development will offer a fantastic 30% discount on their
HomePage Publisher and GpfRexx products. HomePage Publisher is the most
powerful OS/2 web page editor on the market. GpfRexx is a visual application
generator that combines the ease of a WYSIWYG visual programming environment
with the power of Rexx.
Also, Armin Schwarz of the Warped Code Cellar has announced discounted
pricing for his powerful House/2, House/290, and UPS Monitor products. Get
all three programs at Warpstock for only $34.00, and Warp your whole house!
HOUSE/2 is designed for easy operation of X10 home control devices, and UPS
Monitor is a utility program to monitor most American Power Conversion (APC)
Uninterruptible Power Sources (UPS) for power line status.
Aviar will showcase several unique OS/2 products including KidStuff for
OS/2, KidStuff for OS/2 Plus Pack, Oz of Prevention System, and "Object Rexx
by Example". The KidStuff titles are edutainment packages for little
children, while "Object Rexx by Example" is a book which teaches Object
Rexx. The Oz of Prevention System is the world's only OS/2 native
speech-aware Computerized Maintenance Management System for Plant Engineers,
Maintenance Managers, and Operations Personnel.
Uwe Schlenter has made special arrangements to provide drastically reduced
prices on his WarpNote, BioGraph/2, and PM Checksum programs. Plus you can
see Phoenix Software's Think Tool Pro desktop database alternative and
CrossTec's NetOp Remote Control for OS/2 remote control software.
With Software and Specials like these, you know you don't want to miss the
premier OS/2 event of the century, Warpstock '99 Atlanta!
OS/2 users from around the world will meet October 16-17 in Atlanta. Visit
http://www.warpstock.org for the complete information about this very
special OS/2 event.
# # # # #
Press release by Tom Bolick (tbolick@ibm.net).
Registration Rates and Deals! Warpstock Home
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From: jthompso@iname.com 06-Oct-99 00:23:24
To: All 06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: SDD Beta 7, no Win-OS/2
From: jthompso@iname.com
Just installed SDD beta7 on a Matrox Mill II, seeems to work nice except
win-os/2 will not run full screen or seamless. Just says loading, please wait,
then jumps back out to the prompt ...
Any ideas?
Thanks
J. Thompson
jthompso@mail.com
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From: rgehrig@primenet.com 05-Oct-99 17:49:11
To: All 06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: SDD Beta 7, no Win-OS/2
From: "Robert Gehrig" <rgehrig@primenet.com>
On 06 Oct 1999 00:23:49 GMT, jthompso@iname.com wrote:
>Just installed SDD beta7 on a Matrox Mill II, seeems to work nice except
>win-os/2 will not run full screen or seamless. Just says loading, please
wait,
>then jumps back out to the prompt ...
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>J. Thompson
>jthompso@mail.com
I tried to install SDD 7 on a machine with a Matrox Mystique using Matrox
drivers. Would not boot.
Do I need to install the IBM Gradd stuff first before SDD, or do I need to go
back to vanilla VGA.
Thanks
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From: tvoltagg@home.com 06-Oct-99 02:26:23
To: All 06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: How to get SVGA on my new Toshiba Portege 3110 Laptop
From: tvoltagg@home.com
My new Toshiba Portege 3110 laptop has a Trident Cyber 9575 Video Chip.
Unfortunately, there are no OS/2 drivers for this chip that I can find. Can
I use GRADD drivers for this? Can I use another OS/2 driver set? Has anyone
gotten SVGA mode in OS/2 on this laptop?
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From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com 05-Oct-99 19:39:24
To: All 06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: Scitech DD & S3 Cards
From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett)
In article <EdHxIHxd9CDV-pn2-rLLrbefTRy0Z@minitower>,
mikefry@iafrica.nospam.com says...
> Should SDD/2 work with an S3 card that is identified as:
>
> S3 Chip Identify Utility Version 7
>
> cr2d=89 cr2e=01 cr2f=14 cr30=e1 cr36=d2 cr6f=1e
>
> S3 Video Chip: Trio 64V2 DX (775)
> Display Memory Size: 1M
> Display Memory Type: 1-Cycle EDO DRAM
Yes.
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From: ivask@gaia.gi.ee 06-Oct-99 11:20:02
To: All 06-Oct-99 14:39:26
Subj: Re: S3 AGP card drivers / GRADD install?
From: Jyri Ivask <ivask@gaia.gi.ee>
"M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn" wrote:
> Bad etiquette of course replying to your own post,
> but not having seen anyone jump in with the solution
> I thought it better to try some things myself. Basically I
> have now managed to get the card working with GRADD
> 80 but not with the S3 Trio option of that driver but the GEN
> standard SVGA option.
I have'nt tried GRADD drivers with my card (S3Trio3D 365) but when
installing Linux, XFree3.3.5 setup identifies the card belonging to the
S3Virge group and as for all S3V cards installs the generic XFree-SVGA
driver.
So, I could be totally wrong, but check, what happens if you try to
install GRADD driver as for s3virge chipset.
Best regards
Jüri Ivask
ivask@gi.ee
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From: xyxmadxyx@xyxziplinkxyx.xyxnetxyx 06-Oct-99 08:49:08
To: All 06-Oct-99 14:39:27
Subj: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: mark davidson <xyxmadxyx@xyxziplinkxyx.xyxnetxyx>
actually, the problems are probably of my own doing (tweaking too
much, as usual) but i'm currently in an unbootable situation and stuck
somewhere between the sdd beta 7 drivers and vga.
i installed the sdd drivers, decided not to use them, and tried to
reset to vga but my system is trapping before it gets to the point
where the video drivers are reset. i believe but am not sure that the
trap is occurring in sddpmi.dll (or something close to that).
i've tried changing config.sys manually to former values for vga and
mga drivers but it seems that the remnants of sdd are 'locked in' and
preventing that from having any effect.
thanks in advance for any advice. regards, .. mark davidson
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From: domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi 06-Oct-99 15:47:25
To: All 06-Oct-99 14:39:27
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi (Dominique Pivard)
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:49:17, mark davidson
<xyxmadxyx@xyxziplinkxyx.xyxnetxyx> wrote:
> actually, the problems are probably of my own doing (tweaking too
> much, as usual) but i'm currently in an unbootable situation and stuck
> somewhere between the sdd beta 7 drivers and vga.
Are you really sure you are not able to press Alt+F1? This can be done
so early in the boot process (as soon as you see a little square in
the upper left corner of your screen) that the video stuff shouldn't
be loaded at that time.
The SDD drivers failed on me as well, but I've always been able to
revert to VGA by pressing Alt+F1 and V. Then I'm able to install the
native Matrox drivers.
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From: cjj@ix.netcom.com 06-Oct-99 09:33:29
To: All 06-Oct-99 16:31:22
Subj: 3dfx drivers
From: Charlie Jager <cjj@ix.netcom.com>
I was thinking of buying a 3dfx voodoo3 2000 PCI card, 16 MB but I
can't find drivers for it. Does anyone know if the GRADD Generic SVGA
driver will work? Or any driver that will.
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From: piquant00@uswestmail.net 06-Oct-99 17:41:20
To: All 06-Oct-99 19:55:17
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.)
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:49:17, mark davidson
<xyxmadxyx@xyxziplinkxyx.xyxnetxyx> wrote:
:i installed the sdd drivers, decided not to use them, and tried to
:reset to vga but my system is trapping before it gets to the point
:where the video drivers are reset.
Did you run x:\sdd\uninstal.exe?
--
Anthropomorphic Hamburger
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From: esko.kauppinen@ibm.net 06-Oct-99 18:33:15
To: All 06-Oct-99 19:55:17
Subj: Re: SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 7
From: "Esko Kauppinen" <esko.kauppinen@ibm.net>
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:11:48 -0500, Kendall Bennett wrote:
>In article <tenuynggtybonyarg.fj190p0.pminews@news3.attglobal.net>,
>grahl@spam.me.not.attglobal.net says...
>
>> On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:24:57 -0500, Kendall Bennett wrote:
>>
>> >>. Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
>>
>> Any word on support for Cirrus Logic Laptop chipsets? I do have a company
laptop
>> with a 7548 chip and the drivers stink.
>
>We will support the 7548 Cirrus chipsets when we get sample hardware from
>IBM to develop with. Unfortunately experience has shown us that we can't
>develop laptop driver support with access to real laptops to test and
>develop on.
>
>BTW, the 7548 is supported in our legacy drivers, but I don't know how
>well it works. You might want to try it out and see what happens.
>
>BTW2, if you want to let me borrow your laptop for a week, I will get the
>drivers done and ship it back to you...
Hey, while you are at it don't forget the sister card 7543 which
I use. The cirrus drivers work quite well with only a couple of
small faults but maybe your drivers would be better :-)
Esko
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From: red@lobster.net 06-Oct-99 20:49:01
To: All 07-Oct-99 03:16:29
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: red lobster <red@lobster.net>
On 6 Oct 1999 15:47:50 GMT, domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi (Dominique Pivard)
wrote:
>> actually, the problems are probably of my own doing (tweaking too
>> much, as usual) but i'm currently in an unbootable situation and stuck
>> somewhere between the sdd beta 7 drivers and vga.
>
>Are you really sure you are not able to press Alt+F1? This can be done
>so early in the boot process (as soon as you see a little square in
>the upper left corner of your screen) that the video stuff shouldn't
>be loaded at that time.
>The SDD drivers failed on me as well, but I've always been able to
>revert to VGA by pressing Alt+F1 and V. Then I'm able to install the
>native Matrox drivers.
i'm running warp4 here and so the key sequence is ALT-F1/F3 and i've
done that *but* the video drivers aren't reverting to VGA. instead i
get to the scitech driver screen where yesterday the system was
trapping but today SDD informs that the 21 day trial period has
expired and to reboot/reset my drivers to VGA. i can reboot/ALT-F1/F3
all night but my system simply will not reinstall the VGA drivers.
thanks for your response and any other ideas you might have.
regards, .. mark davidson
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From: red@lobster.net 06-Oct-99 20:49:03
To: All 07-Oct-99 03:16:29
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: red lobster <red@lobster.net>
On 6 Oct 1999 17:41:41 GMT, piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.) wrote:
>:i installed the sdd drivers, decided not to use them, and tried to
>:reset to vga but my system is trapping before it gets to the point
>:where the video drivers are reset.
>
> Did you run x:\sdd\uninstal.exe?
i did but my system is reporting that the software isn't installed
properly and to reinstall the VGA drivers. as i mentioned in an
earlier post tonight, i do the ALT-F1/F3 sequence but the VGA drivers
are simply not reinstalling.
thanks for your response. regards, mark davidson
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From: domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi 07-Oct-99 04:50:16
To: All 07-Oct-99 05:18:12
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi (Dominique Pivard)
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:49:03, red lobster <red@lobster.net> wrote:
>
> i'm running warp4 here and so the key sequence is ALT-F1/F3 and i've
> done that *but* the video drivers aren't reverting to VGA. instead i
> get to the scitech driver screen where yesterday the system was
> trapping but today SDD informs that the 21 day trial period has
> expired and to reboot/reset my drivers to VGA. i can reboot/ALT-F1/F3
> all night but my system simply will not reinstall the VGA drivers.
Well, I guess you'll have to boot from a floppy and reinstall the
original VGA drivers from the Warp CD.
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From: hans.bergstedt@erm.ericsson.se 07-Oct-99 12:47:10
To: All 07-Oct-99 10:30:29
Subj: SiS 6326 problem
From: Hans Bergstedt <hans.bergstedt@erm.ericsson.se>
I installed a video card with the SiS 6326 chipset. I use OS/2 v.4.
The driver install failed with a access violation exception in
sissetup.exe (reported to SiS).
Then I tried to install the GENGRADD 0.80 but I can't set the resolution
to higher than 640x480!
Are there any other alternate driver I can use or can I do anything to
get higher resolution with GENGRADD?
/Hans B
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From: News@The-Net-4U.com 07-Oct-99 14:07:22
To: All 07-Oct-99 14:41:21
Subj: IBM / SCI: GRADD install "could not create directory" etc.
From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn)
Weird behavior of the GRADD .80 install.
=== Problem / Incident 1 ===
Working from the floppies (!!) OS/2 prompt
I get an installation error unable to create dir.
As follows:
A: <return>
SETUP S3 <return>
will after some time come with a window
claiming that the dir could not be created.
The directory C:NO\SYSTEM
could not be created.
Watch the missing backslash before NO
(whatever may be the meaning of that NO).
This will both happen with S3 and VIRGE
as parameters but without any other para-
meters about installdisk etc. Did not try tho-
se variants. It will not happen with GEN. The
latter is usable, both S3's lock up at rebooting.
==== Problem / Incident 2 ====
The S3 install (being the first I did before the
VIRGE as I have a card marked TRIO) will put
a sole three letters (unrecognized at reboot) "YS="
on the beginning of the line just before SET GRADD
CHAINS. Don't know what it is planned there.
==== Problem / Incident 3 ====
After the succesfull (= usable) install of GEN GRADD
I have a strange set of values to choose from in the
SYSTEM notebook. At no resolution 16 colors is offe-
red, at the 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 I get two
options to choose from for 1.677.216 colours. The last
resolution 1280x1024 does only have one option for that.
==== Observation 1 ====
If I remebered it right the LOADDSKF creation of the
GRADD .80 install suggest that the card-parameters
are written otherwise than the ones you get if you type
SETUP without any parameters. I remember seeing so-
mething along the lines of S3GRADD etc. However the
real setup states that the possible parameter is to be S3
or VIRGE. But perhaps I am confused here.
Regards from Leeuwarden
Peter van Dobben de Bruijn
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From: News@The-Net-4U.com 07-Oct-99 14:07:24
To: All 07-Oct-99 14:41:21
Subj: Re: S3 AGP card drivers / GRADD install?
From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn)
> Jyri Ivask <ivask@gaia.gi.ee> wrote:
> I have'nt tried GRADD drivers with my card (S3Trio3D 365)
> but when installing Linux, XFree3.3.5 setup identifies the card
> belonging to the S3Virge group and as for all S3V cards installs
> the generic XFree-SVGA driver. So, I could be totally wrong, but
> check, what happens if you try to install GRADD driver as for s3
> virge chipset.
Thanks for pointing this out. Weird that the naming has become
so confusing even OS'es installs do not understand it anymore <g>.
Perhaps it would be better that in the instructions for those installs
only the chipset (combo's? I have 362/365 the S3 utility says) appli-
cable in numbers would be a better point of reference.
Well, I tried it. However it did not solve my problem I am sorry to say.
Thanks for your reply once again, however. It was sure worth trying.
Regards from Leeuwarden
Peter van Dobben de Bruijn
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From: op@opweb.de 07-Oct-99 14:50:14
To: All 07-Oct-99 14:41:21
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: op@opweb.de (Oliver Poggensee)
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:49:07, red lobster <red@lobster.net> wrote:
> On 6 Oct 1999 17:41:41 GMT, piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.) wrote:
>
> >:i installed the sdd drivers, decided not to use them, and tried to
> >:reset to vga but my system is trapping before it gets to the point
> >:where the video drivers are reset.
> >
> > Did you run x:\sdd\uninstal.exe?
>
> i did but my system is reporting that the software isn't installed
> properly and to reinstall the VGA drivers. as i mentioned in an
> earlier post tonight, i do the ALT-F1/F3 sequence but the VGA drivers
> are simply not reinstalling.
>
Maybe your config.sys file is too large, with a config.sys greater
than 600 lines the "Reset to VGA" function will not work.
---------------------------
Oliver Poggensee
OS/2 Config.sys Documentation Project
http://www.opweb.de
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From: alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca 07-Oct-99 18:36:03
To: All 07-Oct-99 20:07:03
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca (Alex Taylor)
On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 20:49:07 -0400, red lobster <red@lobster.net> wrote:
> >:i installed the sdd drivers, decided not to use them, and tried to
> >:reset to vga but my system is trapping before it gets to the point
> >:where the video drivers are reset.
> >
> > Did you run x:\sdd\uninstal.exe?
>
> i did but my system is reporting that the software isn't installed
> properly and to reinstall the VGA drivers. as i mentioned in an
> earlier post tonight, i do the ALT-F1/F3 sequence but the VGA drivers
> are simply not reinstalling.
The reset to vga option from Alt-F1 didn't work for me either.
What _did_ work was performing the equivalent steps manually:
Alt-F1
F2 Boot to command prompt only.
At command prompt, type
SETVGA
And reboot when the video restore is done.
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alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~alex
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From: horseman@ibm.net 07-Oct-99 15:14:08
To: All 08-Oct-99 05:11:22
Subj: Re: sdd beta 7 - problems here
From: Tony Wright <horseman@ibm.net>
Dominique Pivard wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:49:03, red lobster <red@lobster.net> wrote:
> >
> > i'm running warp4 here and so the key sequence is ALT-F1/F3 and i've
> > done that *but* the video drivers aren't reverting to VGA. instead i
> > get to the scitech driver screen where yesterday the system was
> > trapping but today SDD informs that the 21 day trial period has
> > expired and to reboot/reset my drivers to VGA. i can reboot/ALT-F1/F3
> > all night but my system simply will not reinstall the VGA drivers.
>
> Well, I guess you'll have to boot from a floppy and reinstall the
> original VGA drivers from the Warp CD.
It looks like RSPDSPI is not being invoked as config.sys has apparently not
been updated and is still retaining the SDD driver entries?
It probably is as easy/quick to re-install VGA via CD anyway..... but in
absence of specific details of how they failed to install you could
alternatively check to see if DSPINSTL and RSPDSPI exe's have been upgraded
and originals saved with *.sav extensions..... restoring/renaming those
(if they exist ) might allow VGA drivers to install correctly?
Also check the SETVGA cmd file and check it is calling RSPDSPI exe with
correct paths to \os2\install\vga directory etc. and ensure all references
to SDD is removed from config.sys.
You could manually invoke the RSPDSPI manually(with correct parameters<g>)
from command line or use SETVGA with source/target parameters to track down
the actual problem. Perhaps a dsp/file is missing corrupt in vga directory?
Try using RSPDSPI.exe in VGA directory if one in INSTALL doesn't work or is
missing.
Failing that you can use SETVGA and point it towards relevant directory of
your CD for VGA source files......<g>.....
--
Rgds Tony W Email: horseman@ibm.net
"humanum est errare: To err is human
.... and to fail is to be a Project Manager...
...but to foul things up completely needs a computer!"
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From: Bodhisattva@ctimail.com 08-Oct-99 16:42:01
To: All 08-Oct-99 11:55:23
Subj: Re: SiS 6326 problem
From: OrangeDino <Bodhisattva@ctimail.com>
The SIS OEM driver is buggy, you can forget about it.
I am using Gengradd 0.77 driver, it work fine even with higher resolution.
Gengradd 0.8, I have not tried.
Scitech display doctor for OS/2 is another choice, I have tried its beta 4,
it work with 6326 but not in accelerated mode(then actually is gengradd
working). I am not sure the beta7 can solve or not.
Hans Bergstedt wrote:
> I installed a video card with the SiS 6326 chipset. I use OS/2 v.4.
> The driver install failed with a access violation exception in
> sissetup.exe (reported to SiS).
>
> Then I tried to install the GENGRADD 0.80 but I can't set the resolution
> to higher than 640x480!
> Are there any other alternate driver I can use or can I do anything to
> get higher resolution with GENGRADD?
>
> /Hans B
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From: sasha2@core.com 08-Oct-99 10:03:09
To: All 08-Oct-99 11:55:24
Subj: Matrox + VisualAge
From: Alex <sasha2@core.com>
I am using Matrox G400 and with driver 2.30 VA was working fine
but when i upgraded to 2.31 i cannot start VA its hang on bringing up
IDE. Go back to 2.30 works fine but shows incorrect RAMDAC.
Any solutions here?
Warp4.0 FP 12.
IRQ in BIOS enabled, AGP mem size match card = 32MB
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From: ninja@xmission.com 08-Oct-99 12:43:27
To: All 08-Oct-99 19:57:07
Subj: Display Driver for SIS530
From: "Dan Egli" <ninja@xmission.com>
Anyone know if there's a driver that will work on the SIS530 Display
chipset? It needs to allow 16bit color at 800x600.
Thanks!
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From: Geert.Stevens@ping.be 08-Oct-99 21:37:15
To: All 08-Oct-99 19:57:07
Subj: Intel i740
From: Geert Stevens <Geert.Stevens@ping.be>
hello,
I use an i740 graphics card and runs fine under OS/2 but when I will use
it under WINOS2 (full screen) I can only get low refresh rates (=60Hz)
Who can help ?
Geert
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From: fmesnier@dial.oleane.com 08-Oct-99 23:16:02
To: All 08-Oct-99 19:57:08
Subj: Re: Matrox + VisualAge
From: Franck Mesnier <fmesnier@dial.oleane.com>
On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 10:03:19 -0400, Alex wrote:
>I am using Matrox G400 and with driver 2.30 VA was working fine
>but when i upgraded to 2.31 i cannot start VA its hang on bringing up
>IDE. Go back to 2.30 works fine but shows incorrect RAMDAC.
>Any solutions here?
>Warp4.0 FP 12.
>IRQ in BIOS enabled, AGP mem size match card = 32MB
>
I have the same problem with w4 FP10fr
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