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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!netnews!hildajk1
- From: hildajk1@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Ken Hildabolt)
- Subject: Re: Trident drivers DO work with ATI!!!!!!!!! I have drivers!!!!!
- Message-ID: <BzzwK8.n9@netnews.jhuapl.edu>
- Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
- References: <Dec.28.00.19.29.1992.1164@remus.rutgers.edu> <Bzz81q.vr@Novell.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:40:55 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- Doug_Smith@Novell.COM (J. Douglas Smith) writes:
-
- >In article <Dec.28.00.19.29.1992.1164@remus.rutgers.edu>
- >glenw@remus.rutgers.edu (Glenn T. Wasserman) writes:
- >>
- >> The trident 32-bit drivers DO work ATI!!! You just need to make sure
- >> that you generate a new, proper SVGADATA.PMI file. But it has seamless
- >> windows and everything (notebooks look alright, haven't tried
- >> printscreen yet).
- >>
- >> Anyone with ATI boards, this is EXACTLY what we have been waiting for!
- >>
- >> -Glenn
- >> --
- >> * Glenn Wasserman - Rutgers University - Computer Science *
- >>
- >*************************************************************************
- >> * glenw@remus.rutgers.edu * glenw@gandalf.rutgers.edu *
- >>
- >*************************************************************************
-
- >I can't seem to get the 800x600x256 drivers to work correctly with my ATI
- >VGA Wonder card (with 512k). The 640x480 drivers are fine, except for
- >problems with colors--they are all slightly off. Is there a known bug
- >with the 800x600x256 drivers? When I install them, the screen is all
- >mangled after rebooting.
-
- >Any ideas?
-
- >Doug Smith
- >UNIX Desktop Group
- >Novell DSG
-
- Doug,
-
- To get to 256c, you need a minimum of 1 Meg on the board. However, it
- should work fine at 16c, including seamless.
-
- Ken
-
- --
- Ken Hildabolt
- The Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory
- hildajk1@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu CIS: 70674,1657
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