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Mario Guisado (mguisado@rci.rogers.com) wrote:

: As for suggestions for Video Card's I use the Tesng Labs ET4000 chipset, on 
: the Hecules Dynamite.  I think you can get it with VRAM now.

I think you mean the ET4000/W32 series.  The "plain" ET4000 (which I 
believe is more properly referred to as an ET4000/AX or some such, but 
"ET4000" is the more common name) was (and perhaps is; I don't know if 
it's still available) an unaccelerated "dumb frame buffer card."  The 
ET4000/W32 series is upwards-compatible with the ET4000, and adds various 
acceleration features.

Many cards besides the Hercules Dynamite use the ET4000/W32 series
chipsets.  Hercules does apparently provide good support, so if you want
to spend the money for a "name-brand" board, that's a good recommendation
for that type of board.  I've got a Cardex Challenger (semi-generic) 
ET4000/W32p PCI board that works just fine under Warp, and I can 
recommend this board for those who need midrange (? - these things change 
so quickly!) video performance on a budget.

: As for drivers 
: the ones that come with Warp are a little buggy (I haven't checked for new 
: ones form Tesng Labs) but I used the 2.1 OS/2 drivers and they work 
: fine.

Be aware that the 2.1 ET4000/W32 drivers lack a number of useful 
features, like the ability to run with more than 256 colors or to change 
resolutions without re-installing the drivers.  The only ET4000/W32 
driver bug of which I'm aware is one relating to serial communications; 
the drivers cause some terminal programs to drop characters.  Personally, 
this isn't a problem for me, since ZOC has various "scroll" options, one 
of which fixes the problem.  I vaguely recall seeing a reference in a ZOC 
announcement about fixed drivers being available, but I never followed up 
on it, myself.

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					--Rod Smith
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