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- From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
- Subject: Re: avga and co-processor
- Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
- Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 19:09:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan04.190942.24089@zds-oem.zds.com>
- Keywords: avga co-processor
- References: <1993Jan3.153105.21121@netcom.com> <1993Jan3.225612.1990@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan4.025957.3200@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan4.025957.3200@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> steck@ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan3.225612.1990@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan3.153105.21121@netcom.com> debby@netcom.com (Debby Hungerford) writes:
- >>> 2 problems. 1) I need a 256 color driver for my avga video card. 2) If
- >>>I add a math-coprocessor, do I need to re-install os2?
- >>
- >>1) I assume that was a typo, and you meant SVGA video adapter. What
- >>SuperVGA adapter do you have?
- >
- >There IS a super-VGA card called the AVGA. These use a Cirrus Logic
- >chipset (also known as AcuMOS), and are available as no-name clone
- >cards. I own a United Solutions 1024/WA card; the Win3 driver and the
- >generic installation pamphlet say AVGA. It works great under
- >Windows -- very fast -- but to date there's no OS/2 2.0 driver (just
- >for 1.3).
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- Call Cirrus. They do have a OS/2 2.O driver in their GD542x display
- drivers and utilities pack they give out to OEM's. In this pack are
- two drivers, 800x600 and 1024x768 16 colors though I think they are
- non-seamless.
-
- >| Paul Steckler | Desperately seeking clever |
-
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