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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.networking
- Subject: Re: Video board, Beta 2.1, Networking
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.215703.21628@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 21:57:03 GMT
- References: <1992Dec25.130018.7891@news.columbia.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec25.130018.7891@news.columbia.edu> Fidel Villa (fiv2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu) writes:
- >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?
-
- 32-bit code (not interface), and yes, respectively.
-
- I made that point about the "32-bit disk access" advertised for
- Microsoft Windows 3.1. The word "access" was the problem.
-
- >I have a NEC 4FG monitor (non-interlaced) but still acting like interlaced.
- >Is there such thing as interlaced video board? I have an AST 486/33 where
- >the video board is burned into the motherboard. Can I install another video
- >board without conflict?
-
- Yes, and probably, respectively. By "probably" I mean that you'll
- have to find the switch or setting which disables the on board video
- -- most systems have this option.
-
- >How can I find out the memory of my video card? Are there any utilities
- >to do that? (I tried MSD.EXE but not in there.) I'm getting only 16 colors.
-
- Any utilities accompanying your video adapter might help. Also, you
- can look at the adapter itself and count memory chips.
-
- >Can you install beta 2.1 over GA+SP or can you install in another partition?
-
- Both, but follow the directions you get with it. They may or may not
- recommend installation of the beta over an existing OS/2 2.x setup.
-
- >When I demonstrated OS/2 to my boss, he is 'terrified about my computer
- >knowledge.' Suddenly I became an expert! Well, to scare me back, he wants
- >me to set-up a 5-node network. I have read tcpstart.txt from hobbes and
- >os2v2-lan.ann from ibm. Any readable text around?
-
- (Chuckle. :-)) I thought tcpstart.txt was pretty good, wasn't it?
-
- I would follow the traffic in comp.os.os2.networking for a couple
- weeks. You'll actually come up to speed rather quickly.
-
- I would also recommend some of the IBM documentation accompanying
- their LAN products. Though it can be dense, and dry, it actually does
- explain things reasonably well. Check the file os2pubs.txt, available
- from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, for a list of OS/2-related publications.
-
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