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- From: steck@ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler)
- Subject: Re: avga and co-processor
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.025957.3200@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- Keywords: avga co-processor
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- References: <1993Jan3.153105.21121@netcom.com> <1993Jan3.225612.1990@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 02:59:57 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.225612.1990@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan3.153105.21121@netcom.com> debby@netcom.com (Debby Hungerford) writes:
- >> 2 problems. 1) I need a 256 color driver for my avga video card. 2) If
- >>I add a math-coprocessor, do I need to re-install os2?
- >
- >1) I assume that was a typo, and you meant SVGA video adapter. What
- >SuperVGA adapter do you have?
-
- There IS a super-VGA card called the AVGA. These use a Cirrus Logic
- chipset (also known as AcuMOS), and are available as no-name clone
- cards. I own a United Solutions 1024/WA card; the Win3 driver and the
- generic installation pamphlet say AVGA. It works great under
- Windows -- very fast -- but to date there's no OS/2 2.0 driver (just
- for 1.3).
-
- -- Paul
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