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- From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
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- Subject: Re: 8514 drivers and the ATI Graphics Ultra
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:03:42 GMT
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- In article <SCASTILL.93Jan20092358@tesla.nmsu.edu>, scastill@nmsu.edu (Steve Castillo) writes:
- >
- >Recently, there have been several messages posted by annoyed ATI Graphics
- >Ultra owners about 8514 seamless drivers. I feel like these drivers
- >are all that are missing from my system to make me really happy with OS/2
- >2.0. I gave ATI a call and spoke with a tech support person about the
- >availablility of 32 bit seamless drivers. He told me that ATI had not
- >received a driver development kit from IBM yet and said that IBM had
- >not been cooperative in helping ATI out. Therefore, he could
- >not say when they would have any drivers for the 32 bit graphics
- >engine. In addition, he stated that since 2.1 would be coming out
- >soon that ATI did not want to spend time on drivers since the drivers
- >would probably have to be changed for OS/2 2.1. This really sounded
- >wrong to me. Finally, he said
- >something that I thought was very revealing about ATI's direction with
- >respect to OS/2. He said that while IBM had not helped them out,
- >Microsoft had given them a driver development kit for NT. He implied
- >that they already had drivers for NT for the Graphics Ultra but don't
- >hold your breath for OS/2 drivers.
-
- You are correct! There are NT Beta drivers listed in ATI's BBS! So,
- I wonder if Microsoft owns much ATI stock?
-
- >
- >It appears that OS/2 users that have bought ATI cards that use the
- >MACH chip sets are between a rock and a hard place until IBM releases
- >8514 drivers. I feel that I made a big mistake in buying my ATI card.
- >I could have saved several hundred dollars by buying a slower Trident
- >with much better support.
-
- As someone said in an earlier post, it is not IBM's fault for no seamless ATI
- Graphics Ultra/Vantage drivers for OS/2, its ATI's. However if there
- is no Video Development Kit released from IBM, then it's their fault.
- Is there a beta Video Development Kit out for NT or has ATI "rolled up their
- sleeves" and proceeded without it? I would think such
- an item would be developed in parallel with the operating system.
- Perhaps IBM should hire more programmers for their OS/2 project.
-
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