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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Questions: HPFS/Paradise
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.011832.15250@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 01:18:32 GMT
- References: <0096723F.3B730C20@vms.csd.mu.edu> <1993Jan25.223615.21403@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan26.201653.1915@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1993Jan26.201653.1915@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mjn@sbmiclr.cs.sunysb.edu (The Sixth Replicant) writes:
- >>>A few questions, these may be FAQs, if so, put me in my rightful place...
- >>>1. What's the deal with the Western Digital drivers with my 1B card?
- >>>Will SuperVGA still be a dream for me with the proper release of 2.1, or
- >>>am I going to have to live with 16 colors until I get a new video card?
- >>>Will there be a fix or special drivers on Hobbes?
- >>OS/2 2.1 will include 256 color drivers for all modes (640x480,
- >>800x600, and 1024x768) for most SuperVGA adapters, including Western
- >>Digital. (Notable exception: S3-based adapters, unless something
- >>changes.) So, no, you won't have to go fishing for a driver. The
- >>drivers will support seamless Windows, in fact.
- >I think the poster may be referring to the fact that the 2.1b Western
- >Digital (at least 640x480x256 512K) drivers don't work with the PVGA1B. The
- >docs only mention PVGA1A boards. I, too, am wondering if these will work in
- >the final 2.1 release.
-
- I expect so, but you are correct -- the present drivers are flawed.
- They don't seem to work with 512K adapters, across the board, as far
- as I can tell.
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