| From: | Xavier Messersmith |
| Date: | 29 Jan 2000 at 00:15:47 |
| Subject: | Re: GFX card memory; Problems (YAM defused) |
From: Xavier Messersmith <xcaliber@xav.to>
On 27-Jan-00, Brian E. Doe wrote:
> On 22-Jan-00, Marion E. Wyatt was heard muttering:
>> They are AFAIK. 2MB video ram and no 3D support.
>
> They come as either 1M or 2M, the latter's only advantage is more bit-depths
> on the higher resolutions.
All things considered is a big advantage.
> 1M is quite sufficient since the card uses a
> page-swapping technique to move non-displayed screens to fast-ram, quickly
> swapping them back as needed.
Quickly is a matter of oppinion, and I believe that page swapping technique
lies within the P96/CGX software.
> On 21-Jan-00, Xavier Messersmith was heard muttering:
>> Its not downloading that is the problem, its the unannounced appicon
>> changes that go before and after it. And I'm not making my mailcheck
>> time any longer, it's already up to 3 from 1, any change that might
>> compare to that would destroy my ability to promptly respond to email.
>
> Try this suggestion: Go to YAM:Icons/ and delete the following files:
> Empty, Check, New, Old, and thier associated .info files. You will no
> longer get an AppIcon with YAM. This may help with your problem.
Who are you to make useful sugestions to a problem that has plagued me for the
past 2 months where even the author of YAM uselessly sat behind his email
address picking his nose!?
I owe you one.
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