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Re: What's the best 3D graphics card for OS/2?

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From: mitja.pavlovic
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 00:00
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In article <32FDFA19.72A4@ibm.net>, Robert Dohrenburg <rdohren@ibm.net> wrote:
>Cristiano Guadagnino wrote:
>> 
>> Steven C. Den Beste wrote:
>> 
>> > > No. OpenGL on OS/2 has absolutely no hardware support - it is
>> > > software only OpenGL.  At this point in time there is no
>> > > way to make use of a 3D accel card under OS/2.
>> > I don't think that this is not correct. Hercules provides OS/2 drivers for its
>> 
>> ELSA has graphic cards and drivers that support HW OpenGL
>> Look their site, and you will find ELSA has some of the best
>> OS/2-supported cards.
>
>
>And ELSA supports hardware acceleration under WARP too, no matter what
>other uninformed people say.
>
>
>Robert Dohrenburg.

... and for me Matrox Mystique working fine :)

Mitja
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From: mitjap@news.abm.si (mitja.pavlovic@abm.si)
Subject: Re: What's the best 3D graphics card for OS/2?
Date: 1997/02/10
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