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- >>>>> "Jesse" == Jesse Sightler <aa101605@dasher.csd.sc.edu> writes:
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- Alex> still can't switch between E/D and the Desktop without E/D
- Alex> snapping. Curiously, I can actually do this on another
- Alex> machine running E/D (in Demo mode) on Warp Connect with a
- Alex> Trident 8900D or similar card and out-of-the-box SVGA
- Alex> dirvers (this machine's got a #9 GXE64 Pro 2Mb with highly
- Alex> suspect drivers from #9).
- >> Yes, it's drivers problem. Ugh. I can't wait til we have
- >> native versions for W95 and OS/2.
-
- Jesse> Ya know, it would be possible to work around this driver
- Jesse> problem if some entrepenureal (sp <g>) programmer out there
- Jesse> were to write a program that saved the contents of the
- Jesse> video RAM to Extended memory whenever it detected a screen
- Jesse> change. It could be written as a DOS program, because OS/2
- Jesse> is capable of notifying DOS programs when it changes
- Jesse> screens (this OS/2 feature is configurable via the settings
- Jesse> notebook).
-
- It's possible to do what you've described, but it would make more
- sense for the time to be spent on native ports. Native ports fix this
- problem and have a bunch of other advantages, too.
-
- Jesse> I have seen a similar program once before, but it was only
- Jesse> designed to handle a low resolution (320x200) screen, and
- Jesse> not SVGA. It could probably be redone to handle SVGA,
- Jesse> though (with a little work).
-
- If a non-ARDI person wants to work on this without any of our help,
- we'll certainly test the final product, but I spending any of ARDI's
- time is counterproductive.
-
- Jesse> ||||| Jesse D. Sightler |||||
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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