NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/misc/35400

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From: [e-mail] (David Bassin)
Subject: CSD + Trident 1024*768 drivers
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Organization: Telectronics Pacing Systems
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 04:20:35 GMT
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  It seems from the netnews that in systems to which the CSD has been
applied, the Trident 8900C 800*600*256 driver has serious problems,
such as transparent backgrounds in notebook tabs, etc.  The 800*600*16
driver is reported as being OK.  I have not seen any reports on the
1024*768 drivers.  I have used the 1024*768*256 driver for months.
Apart from getting garbage on the screen in full-screen DOS after 2
Alt-home's if Borland BGI (and I think some other) graphics have been
running full-screen, and a few minor problems, it's been fine, if
slow.  I am trying to decide whether to install the CSD; if no Trident
8900C 1024*768 drivers work, I probably won't until Trident fixes
these problems (maybe via 32-bit drivers ???).  I'd prefer 256-colour
drivers, but might put up with 16 colours for a while.

  I expect that this information would be of interest to many people.
My apologies in advance if these questions have been answered already,
and the relevant news items have somehow not made it into our news
feed (in which case I'd appreciate someone else's summary).  If people
would like to email me with responses, I'll summarise and post them to
the net; otherwise respond on the net, as suits you.  Please include
information about whether the CSD was `gold' or otherwise, whether the
Trident card is an 8900C (or whatever), the date stamp on the driver,
and whether any non-straightforward things are present in the system
(e.g. Winos2 3.1 on top of CSD).

  Thanks in advance,

                              David.        ([e-mail])