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- From: tomster@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Thomas Richard Dibble)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
- Subject: Re: Must 24-bit graphics on PC == DOgS/Windoze?
- Date: 18 Dec 92 13:25:04
- Organization: ZikZak Corporation
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- Message-ID: <TOMSTER.92Dec18132504@bigwpi.WPI.EDU>
- References: <1992Dec17.214633.4871@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- In-reply-to: Brandon.Vanevery@launchpad.unc.edu's message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:46:33 GMT
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- >>>>> On Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:46:33 GMT, Brandon.Vanevery@launchpad.unc.edu (Brandon Vanevery) said:
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- BV> I need to buy a computer and write ray tracers. I'd love an SGI
- BV> but my budget is more limited than that. So I feel I'm stuck
- BV> with a souped-up PC.
-
- BV> All the 24-bit PC boards I know about, have drivers for DOS or
- BV> Windows. But I need a _REAL_ (i.e. 32-bit) operating system.
- BV> OS/2 is out: to my knowledge, there are no 24-bit OS/2 2.0
- BV> drivers in existence anywhere, nor does anyone plan to make
- BV> them.
-
- Don't count it out so soon! Most new boards are coming out with os/2
- drivers in the boxes (ie, those shipped after about mid-November). I
- hear you can obtain some through ftp (don't know the specifics on
- where, though).
-
- Anyways, if you can't find what you need there, and can wait a while,
- Windows NT should be out in the next decade or so ... instant support
- from graphics board manufacturers from what I hear.
-
- BV> Is there _ANY_ alternative on a PC? X Windows under a PC UNIX,
- BV> perhaps? Anything at all???
-
- BV> Brandon Van Every
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