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Re: ATTN: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro Owners

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From: J. D. McDonald
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 21:24
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In article <86249@ut-emx.uucp> dcoleman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel M. Coleman) writes:

>Well, it seems like ATI has finally come out with a successful Windows driver
>for their Graphics Ultra Pro.  I have posted this driver at
>                       ftp.cica.indiana.edu
>in the directory
>                       /pub/pc/win3/uploads
>So my fellow ATI users don't have to call LD and have a $100 phone bill like
>mine.  (Am I a nice guy or what????)  Contributions to my phone bill fund
>are always welcome!

>The only bug I have noticed so far is that MathCad 3.0 hurls unless you put the
>line 'DeviceBitmapDraw=off' in the [mach32] section of your win.ini.

>This driver does fix the problems in loading Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0,
>as well as the printing problem on the Panasonic KX-P1124i.


I have tried this driver and find that it introduces serious bugs 
not seen in the build 50 ones:

DOS boxes generate garbage on the screen outside of themselves, and
if you run a Mach32 program full screen in a DOS box, on returning 
to a Windows graphics screen I find more damage than with the Build 50 
ones.

If the Build 50 ones work for you ... these are worse. It's not for nothing 
they are labelled "beta". The build 50 ones are far superior in my case.

Doug McDonald
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