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- From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
- Subject: Re: What is going wrong with video driver support?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.161236.9356@networx.com>
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- References: <1992Dec12.212955.23750@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:12:36 GMT
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- Mike Harris (mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
- : dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
- : >It is obvious that something is going really wrong inside IBM.
- : >Why can't that get more than 1 video board manufacturer to write
- : >video drivers?
- : >It's easier to get autocad drivers than os/2 2.0 drivers.
- : >And it's been almost 9 months!!!
- : >--
- : Tell me about it. I can't even install OS2 because all I have is a
- : monochrome monitor. No support for the MDA - not from IBM and not from
- : hercules! Who would have believed it? I mean some people like (me) the old
- : good resolution, no convergence problems, readable monochrome standard. Go
- : figure!
- :
- :
- : --
- : Mike Harris >>>>> In stereo where available <<<<<
- : InterNet: mikeh@tenet.edu
-
- OS/2 1.3 works fine on moron monochrome adaptors.
-
- I would recommend finding an old 1.3 copy, it's probably cheap.
- I bet you could find someone to sell you their 1.3 now that they've
- moved to 2.0 for almost nothing...
-