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Re: Anyone running E/D 1.99p9 under OS/2?
>>>>> "Jesse" == Jesse Sightler <aa101605@dasher.csd.sc.edu> writes:
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.
Jesse> Ya know, it would be possible to work around this driver
Jesse> problem if some entrepenureal (sp <g>) programmer out there
Jesse> were to write a program that saved the contents of the
Jesse> video RAM to Extended memory whenever it detected a screen
Jesse> change. It could be written as a DOS program, because OS/2
Jesse> is capable of notifying DOS programs when it changes
Jesse> screens (this OS/2 feature is configurable via the settings
Jesse> notebook).
It's possible to do what you've described, but it would make more
sense for the time to be spent on native ports. Native ports fix this
problem and have a bunch of other advantages, too.
Jesse> I have seen a similar program once before, but it was only
Jesse> designed to handle a low resolution (320x200) screen, and
Jesse> not SVGA. It could probably be redone to handle SVGA,
Jesse> though (with a little work).
If a non-ARDI person wants to work on this without any of our help,
we'll certainly test the final product, but I spending any of ARDI's
time is counterproductive.
Jesse> ||||| Jesse D. Sightler |||||
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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