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- From: toy@soho.crd.ge.com (Raymond L. Toy)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Why I don't like the new Orchid Pro (ET4000) drivers
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.134240.22208@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 13:42:40 GMT
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- In article <9207231807.AA04004@enet-gw.pa.dec.com>, reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim -- MLO3-6/B9 -- DTN 223-5747 23-Jul-1992 1310) writes:
- |> 1. 800x16 makes some of my icons invisible.
- |>
- |> 2. 800x16 turns some colors on my desktop (like green) into gray. Now I
- |> have *fewer* than 16 colors! :-(
- |>
- |> 3. 800x256 is still washed out (colors lighter than they should be).
- |>
- |> 4. 800x256 driver is *still* too slow to use.
- |>
- |> 5. They take up too much disk space (approx 100K bytes more per file than
- |> the old drivers).
- |>
- |> Actually, I found the larger icon text a nice feature. However, it's not
- |> worth the price.
- |>
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- I have to agree with you on all the points, except point 1. No problem
- there. On my machine yellow turns into white too.
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- An additional point is:
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- 6. The 256-color drivers still hang the system when I close a DOS window
- and then open it. The system hangs as it draws the new window.
-
- Because of this, I've gone back to the old 16-color drivers. The colors are still there
- and my machine doesn't hang anymore.
-
- BTW, I'm not really complaining (too much) because I don't have an Orchid board.
- Beggars can't be choosers.
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- Ray ----> toy@soho.crd.ge.com
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