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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!mips!munnari.oz.au!manuel!gurrung.anu.edu.au!Gary.Woodman
  2. From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Trident 8514 compat. drivers
  5. Message-ID: <Gary.Woodman.556.712304077@anu.edu.au>
  6. Date: 28 Jul 92 06:14:37 GMT
  7. References: <dregeczi.712170884@sfu.ca> <1992Jul26.190748.7779@midway.uchicago.edu>
  8. Sender: news@newshost.anu.edu.au
  9. Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
  10. Lines: 14
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  12. In article <1992Jul26.190748.7779@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
  13. >In article <dregeczi.712170884@sfu.ca> dregeczi@fraser.sfu.ca (David Joseph 
  14. Regeczi) writes:
  15. >>Can someone tell me what the difference is between the 8514 compatible
  16. >>1024x768x256 drivers and the actual Trident drivers (of the same 
  17. resolution).>>Is there any distinct advantage to using the 8514 drivers?
  18.  
  19. >They are not 8514/A compatible drivers, they are 8514/A _style_
  20. >drivers, meaning you get larger icons, mainly.
  21.  
  22. I find the fonts much nicer than the "standard" 1024*768 ones, too.
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  25. Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au         This post made from 100% recycled electrons.
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