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- S3 BASED VIDEO BOARDS THAT ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN SVGA MODE
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- Not all S3 base video boards are supported by IBM's SVGA
- drivers. Adapters that have an a S3 911 , 924 or 805i chip
- are NOT supported by the following S3 drivers:
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- S3-256 dated 8/4/93
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- S3-256K date 9/23/93
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- S3-16m date 11/04/94
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- S3 drivers in XR06200
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- The following is a list of known S3 based video boards that
- are NOT supported.
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- -STB Wind/X
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- -Diamond Stealth VRAM
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- -Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 NOTE:** The Orchid Fahrenheit 1280
- PLUS is supported
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- Known Problem:
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- DOS sessions may shrink to 1/3 original size.
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- Work around:
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- Edit the config.sys file to reflect the following change
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- SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA, BVHSVGA)
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- DEVICE=x:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS where x is your OS/2 system
- drive letter.
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- SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)
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- DEVICE=x:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS where x is your OS/2 system
- drive letter.
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- HINTS:
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- If a customer would like SVGA support for a STB video adapter
- have them contact STB. STB Corporation developed their own OS/2
- SVGA drivers for S3 .Diamond Corporation has done the same for
- the Diamond Stealth VRAM board. S3 corporation has also
- developed OS/2 SVGA drivers for the 911 and 924 chips.
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