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- From: fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
- Subject: Re: Video video video...
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- References: <1992Aug17.150306.14875@sarah.albany.edu> <92232.115838BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Aug25.120621.23817@jpradley.jpr.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:57:51 GMT
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- >In article <92232.115838BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >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).
-
- I know that IBM wants *real* beta testers who will wring out the code
- and make careful, extensive bug reports.
-
- But at the same time, couldn't the beta code be made available on
- software.watson.ibm.com as a "use at your own risk" category? I'd be
- willing to put up with some mild, cosmetic bugs/limitations to get the
- seamless Windows apps at better than 640x480...
-
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