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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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