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- From: sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Wey Jing HO)
- Subject: Re: Video video video...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.174520.26592@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Aug17.150306.14875@sarah.albany.edu> <92232.115838BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:45:20 GMT
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- In <92232.115838BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
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- >Within a month IBM will Beta 32-bit ET4000 drivers, along with the 32-bit
- >graphics engine. Since these drivers are generic ET4000, which manufacturer
- >is not as important a consideration. (In the test labs they have Orchid IIs,
- >STB Powergraph, Diamond Speedstar, Boca Research (older ones, they now use NCR
- >chips instead of Tseng), Amdek, and a couple others. The biggest compatability
- >problem is getting the SVGADATA.PMI file generated when the card is in the
- >proper state to match the capabilities of the monitor (as far as refresh).
- >Drivers for other chipsets will be coming, but timeframes are hard to guess.
- >You can be sure the you will have Tseng ET4000 drivers soon, so that's what
- >I'd recommend. The drivers will be 32-bit with seamless windows in all
- >resolutions, and pallete management. Believe it or not, the 16 color drivers
- >are on a later schedule, so the 256 color drivers will be released first.
- >(so the higher speed of 16 colors will not be available immediately).
-
-
- What about support for the 15-bit/16-bit RAMDAC which enable 32K colors and
- 65K colors respectively? Any plan for their support? I love the 32K colors
- support under Windows 3.1 although it can be slow. I am beginning to dream for
- 32-bit GRE under OS/2 with proper ET4000 drivers that support either the 15-bit
- or 16-bit RAMDAC (or is it called the Hi-Sierra chip?) ..... hhhmmm maybe very
- soon!!!
-
- >Bernie
- --
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- >Wey Jing Ho Tel: 61-3-573-2567 E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au<
- >Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA<
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