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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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