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- From: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp)
- Subject: Re: ATI Pro53 Drivers: *Really* buggy???
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.204016.560@utkux1.utk.edu>
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- Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:40:16 GMT
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- In article <C0I2Hr.8LJ@ns1.nodak.edu> mccann@plains.NoDak.edu (Lester I. McCann) writes:
- >I just downloaded the pro53.zip file from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (in the
- >../win3/uploads directory, if anyone cares), and installed it. And
- >immediately went back to the SVGA driver that I've been using since I've
- >had my ATI GUP card.
- >
- >With this version of the driver, in 800x600, 256 or 65K colors, I get
- >some strange effects. In 65K mode, the background and all the windows
- >come up in black and white, but you can see anything useful because
- >everything is in a very bizarre B&W striped pattern. I don't know how
- >else to describe it. In 256 mode, everything looked OK until I opened
- >an application (Ami Pro 3.0), and then all the text appeared in that
- >same B&W striped pattern!
- >
- >It doesn't seem very likely that ATI would release a driver with such
- >glaring problems, so I'm willing to believe that I did something
- >wrong -- but I can't imagine what. I followed their "readme.1st"
- >file to the letter.
- >
- >I'm using a Gateway 4DX-33V machine, and my ATI GUP has 2M of memory
- >and the new RAMDAC. If anyone has a suggestion, I'd love to hear it.
- >
- >Lester McCann
- >mccann@plains.nodak.edu
-
-
- I tried the drivers on a Gateway 4DX-66V machine with an Ultra Pro with
- just 1MB and the old RAMDAC. The only problem I could find is when I
- pulled up the Afterdark control panel. A square section in the center of
- the screen on the background gets all screwed up. Other than that, I
- haven't been able to generate a single problem with it. Oh, FYI, I am
- running it in 1024x768x256 mode.
-
- Sean Harp
- University of Tennessee
-