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- From: mullins@convex.com (Don Mullins)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 b2.1 - SVGA install "feature".
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:09:26 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.193938.8579@actrix.gen.nz>
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- In comp.os.os2.misc Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
-
- >
- >Fix: Open System Settings and chose Selective Install. Pick the "Primary
- >Display" option again and go through the re-install procedure (yes, disks
- >6-19). At the end, it will tell you it is checking your hardware
- >compatibility and do the DOS full-screen, SVGA ON thing we all know and love.
- >
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- Note that this is also the way you switch from VGA to SVGA on an IBM
- pre-installed system. I have an IBM PS/ValuePoint 433DX. It reports the
- base OS as V2.00.1, and the Graphics Engine as V2.01 .
-
- FYI,
- Don
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