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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: OPINION: IBM get video kit out soon!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.054258.8177@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1993Jan8.013637.29778@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 05:42:58 GMT
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- Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX) (frigo@psl.wisc.edu) wrote:
- > Here's to a new year. My own $0.02 worth says that the OS/2 video
- > development kit (32 bit) should have been out with the service pack.
- > How Trident put out 32 bit drivers without it is beyond me. Not having
- > the VDK is ATI's excuse for not providing 2.x 32 bit drivers.
-
- Well, the so-called Trident drivers are, apparently, generic svga drievrs
- which were leaked out of 2.1b. I have installed them effortlessly and they
- work great with my ET4000 (they aren't any different in performance to the
- SPP svga drivers). The windows drivers in the 'trident' pack even ask you
- to enter the chipset type. Apparently, all the trickery happens in
- BVHSVGA.DLL
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-