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- From: shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Service Pack Results/Questions
- Message-ID: <1dbdaqINN8lt@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 15:07:06 GMT
- Article-I.D.: agate.1dbdaqINN8lt
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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- WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
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- I think the week I spent to download the sp was worth it. Thus far, after
- working with it for about an hour, everything looks/runs/feels great. The
- 1024X768X256 Tseng drivers are excellent, much better than the orchid
- drivers i was working with. Although, when i tried to open too many windows
- at the same time, it seems a little slower than before. This will have
- to be further investigated. Seamless windows (after opening up wingif) is
- wonderful. The display looks wonderful (except the fonts used on the tabs
- in the settings menu... they remind me too much of my cga days...) In
- general my initial impression of the sp is very good.... however, now
- to some of the bad points...
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- i think, ibm could've put a little bit more work into the user-interface.
- for example, i couldn't not figure out how to use the new tseng drivers
- until i finally decided to read comp.os.os2.misc for help... (thanks Mr.
- Charlap). One would assume that by going into the selective install, one
- would be able to install the new drivers... (that's where i wonder around
- for hte longest time...)
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- secondly, the dspinstall program... after the software has finished loading
- in all the drivers and update the files, there is no feedback from the
- software that what i was tryign to accomplish has been done... instead i'm
- faced w/ the same menu askign what i want to install... it was not unitl
- i clicked on cancel that os/2 told me to reboot and all that..
-
- these are just two little minor annoyances (perhaps i missed some things
- in my rush to get everythign done... i did read the new readme however...)
- however, i think ibm was very very rushed in getting this thing out from
- looking at all the questions/complaints/sometimes-not-so-nice-messages
- which people posted on the net. so taking that into consideration, i
- give ibm two thumbs up for a job well done.
-
- (i think my .sig will show up)
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- | David Shy | 486D/33/12/120 | A proud OS/2 user who isn't |
- | shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu | 1.4/1.2/1/1304 | deprived by Micro$oft/WindoZe |
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