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- From: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Close)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: 1280x1024 OS/2 2.0 Video Card (& driver)
- Message-ID: <nvae09c@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 00:44:47 GMT
- References: <TAU.92Jul29222253@EOS-5.mit.edu>
- Sender: news@fido.asd.sgi.com (Usenet News Admin)
- Reply-To: pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close)
- Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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- Originator: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com
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- Frank D Chamberland (tau@athena.mit.edu) writes:
- >
- >I think this question may be a little premature (it never matured for
- >OS/2 1.x), but does any one know if the following video card exists:
- >
- >1280x1024
- >color (4-bit color is good enough)
- >non-interlaced
- >ISA bus
- >RGB(+(h/v)sync) output (failing that I think I can get an adapter cable)
- >*** OS/2 2.0 drivers ***
- >$500 price range
- >
- >From what I've read most of the S3 based video cards should be able to
- >handle this (or something close like 1280x900 (???)) but I don't know
- >of any that claim to have OS/2 drivers.
-
- The S3 cards and the ET4000 cards can only do 1280x1024 *interlaced*. I
- don't know of any affordable card that does 1280x1024 non-interlaced.
-
- Apparently the S3 cannot do a hardware cursor at 1280x1024; that's why they
- use 1280x900.
-
- There aren't any 1280x1024 drivers for OS/2 yet in any case (that I know of).
- --
- Paul Close pdc@sgi.com ...!{ames, decwrl, uunet}!sgi!pdc
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- "I came to Casablanca for the waters...."
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