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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Win-OS2 Windowed sessions with SVGA
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.131905.26738@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 13:19:05 GMT
- References: <mferrare.715237000@adelphi>
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- In article <mferrare.715237000@adelphi> mferrare@physics.adelaide.edu.au (Mark Ferraretto) writes:
- >
- >When I was running the Generic VGA driver under OS/2 2.0 on my 486DX2/50 I
- >could get WINOS2 applications running in a WIN-OS2 window. Being the greedy
- >hog that I am, I installed an 800x600x256 driver for my Tzeng PT2014Z
- >(ET4000 chip). I installed the orchid driver. Now I can't get WIN-OS2
- >windowed sessions any more! I have to run WIN-OS2 session full screen. This
- >is very distressing. Does anyone know how I can get my WIN-OS2 sessions
- >windowed again in SVGA?
- >
- >PS It didn't work in 800x600x16, 1024x768x16, 640x480x256 either.
-
- You need a seamless windows driver installed in your WINOS2\system.ini
- file. Currently, I know of only two such drivers: VGA and Trident
- 800x600x16.
-
- IBM has promised super-VGA seamless drivers for the update pack. I
- don't know if they'll be generic or if they'll be driver-specific.
-
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