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- From: gt8834a@prism.gatech.EDU (Cott Lang)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.networking
- Subject: Re: Video board, Beta 2.1, Networking
- Message-ID: <78812@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 18:33:06 GMT
- References: <1992Dec25.130018.7891@news.columbia.edu>
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- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- In <1992Dec25.130018.7891@news.columbia.edu> Fidel Villa (fiv2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu) writes:
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- >Please clarify : How does the 32-bit graphics engine work when you have
- >a 16-bit video card? Are there any 32-bit video board around?
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- The same way 32 bit serial drivers work on an 8 bit device.
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- >If 300,000 of us will get the beta version 2.1 at $15 each IBM will earn
- >4.5 M! Are we getting a rebate for the real thing?
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- IBM will earn 4.5 million??? You mean it costs them NOTHING to produce
- a CD, documentation, packaging, and mail it to you?? If they're lucky,
- it won't cost them TOO much to beta test it this widely!
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