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- From: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Ati Ultra Pro, Gateway, and wacky drivers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.002332.10520@utkux1.utk.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 00:23:32 GMT
- Sender: harp@utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Sean Harp)
- Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
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- A while ago I mentioned my Father was having trouble with his 486DX2/66V
- from Gateway, his Ultra Pro and printing from windows. The guys at Gateway
- said that they have a fix for the problem. They're calling it ATILB43.EXE.
- Wasn't there a file just uploaded the other day called BLB46.ZIP (or
- something like that) that was the latest beta release? We tried that
- release and the problem remained. Has anyone else heard of this new file
- Gateway is pushing? And if so, does it fix the problem? We are also
- experiencing problems when launching dos applications in a window. All
- kinds of garbage is put on the screen when you first launch the app, and
- you have to kick in the screen saver to have it refresh the display. Any
- news on this?
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- From the experience I have had with the Ultra Pro, I am really
- dissapointed. I don't care if the card pushes 5 BILLION winmarks, if it
- won't let you print or puts garbage on the screen then the card is no more
- than a light-weight boat anchor. A display card is only as good as the
- drivers that make it work. I wish Ati would iron out the drivers and be
- done with it. Windows 3.1 has been out for a LONG time now and the Ultra
- Pro has been around a little while too. These people have to get out of
- the mindset of "Yeah, get the damn thing out the door and we'll worry about
- the drivers later."
-
- Sean Harp
- University of Tennessee
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