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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: ATI Ultra - Diamond Stealth Drivers Available
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.160338.3674@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <anderson.10.711812858@mayo.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:03:38 GMT
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- In article <anderson.10.711812858@mayo.edu> anderson@mayo.edu (Alfred I. Anderson) writes:
- >It is my understanding that the ATI Graphics Ultra card can emulate an 8514/
- >a and thus not require drivers other than those normally supplied with OS/2
- >ver 2.0 to function. Right?
-
- Correct.
-
- >Question: Do OS/2 2.0 drivers exist for either the Ultra or the Diamond
- >Stealth that will take advantage of OS/2? I'm looking for at least
- >800x600.
-
- Not for the Diamond Stealth (yet). In addition to the 1024x768 256
- color 8514/A driver that comes with OS/2, the one that works with the
- ATI Graphics Ultra, ATI has released beta OS/2 2.0 drivers for 800x600
- and 640x480 (accelerated) for the Graphics Ultra. You can retrieve
- them via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
-
- >My calls to Diamond to see if they have OS/2 drivers available have not been
- >returned by them.
- >(PS: For those in the know - if you were purchasing one or the other of
- >these video cards to use in a 486DX with the intended purpose of OS/2 Ver 2.
- >0 development as well as MS Win 3.1 development......which would you choose?)
-
- The ATI Graphics Ultra. Easily. One is proprietary, one is hardware
- compatible with an IBM standard (8514/A). The proprietary one is
- slightly slower and not much cheaper. No contest, in my opinion, at
- least right now.
-
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