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- From: jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (John Bodnar)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: TIGA. Deja Vu?
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 08:01:08 GMT
- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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- According to Ke-Wei Ma <km4c+@andrew.cmu.edu>:
- > I was wondering if OS/2 has any support for TIGA under version 2.1
- >or is IBM moving towards XGA-2? Will we get ever get away from the
- >dreary 256 color apps or will TI take the initiative to write a nice
- >generic TIGA driver for OS/2 so that the rest of the world (PC world
- >that is) can take advantage of the nice hardware that Windowz zombies
- >are using? What is the spiel on Targa/Targa compatible boards?
-
- There are actually third party TIGA drivers for OS/2. I can't remember the
- name of the company that produces them, but an OS/2 products list that
- occasionally passes through comp.os.os2.misc lists this company. You might
- check the pub/os2/2.0/info directory on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu to see if this
- list has ended up there.
-
- OS/2 and TIGA could be a cool combination. The ability of OS/2 to thread
- its graphics processes could result in some of the fastest video
- performance available. Windows could only hope to rival it. Someone needs
- to give TI a swift kick in the pants and demand drivers.
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