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- Subject: Re: Winspeed Drivers Discontinued
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.145450.1@vax1.umkc.edu>
- From: edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:54:50 GMT
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- In article <rreiner.715284070@yorku.ca>, rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) writes:
- > rkl@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (kevin.laux) writes:
- >
- >>> I called CompUsa here in good Ole' Kansas City and was told the drivers
- >>> are being discontinued!
- >
- >> Panacea is readying another release soon (about a month).
- >
-
- WoW! Thanks guys, I was getting worried when I called CompUsa. Glad to Know
- they are being continued.
-
- > It's not surprising that Panacea is readying a new release, as the
- > current 1.02 release is a full 30% *SLOWER* than the current (4/92)
- > ET4000 ET4Turbo drivers from Tseng, and also marginally slower than
- > the plain (non-ET4Turbo) Tseng 4/92 drivers.
- >
- > Of course, this applies only to Tseng ET4000-based cards. The
- > WinSpeed drivers are still the best available for Trident 8900-based
- > cards, and perhaps for some others.
- >
- > Richard
-
- In another windows group someone commented that they did not notice any speed
- difference for the Trident Boards. Any comment though?
- I am sure he was using the 1.02 release.
-
- I think I am going to get them though.
-
- Eric
-