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Re: Anyone running E/D 1.99p9 under OS/2?
> Alex> still can't switch between E/D and the Desktop without E/D
> Alex> snapping. Curiously, I can actually do this on another
> Alex> machine running E/D (in Demo mode) on Warp Connect with a
> Alex> Trident 8900D or similar card and out-of-the-box SVGA
> Alex> dirvers (this machine's got a #9 GXE64 Pro 2Mb with highly
> Alex> suspect drivers from #9).
>
> Yes, it's drivers problem. Ugh. I can't wait til we have native
> versions for W95 and OS/2.
Ya know, it would be possible to work around this driver problem if some
entrepenureal (sp <g>) programmer out there were to write a program that
saved the contents of the video RAM to Extended memory whenever it
detected a screen change. It could be written as a DOS program, because
OS/2 is capable of notifying DOS programs when it changes screens
(this OS/2 feature is configurable via the settings notebook).
I have seen a similar program once before, but it was only designed to
handle a low resolution (320x200) screen, and not SVGA. It could
probably be redone to handle SVGA, though (with a little work).
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