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Article #4495Re: What's the best 3D graphics card for OS/2?
From: Steven C. Den Beste
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00
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dabraun@ibm.net wrote: > > >In <5d486d$g75@sleipnir.iaccess.com.au>, adoll@fdva.com (Alex Doll) > writes: > >Of course it does... OpenGL is exactly this, to the best of my > knowledge. > > > >Stefano Sutti > >sutti@ibm.net > > > > 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 "Terminator 3D" card. I have not downloaded them to see for sure, but I would be very surprised if they didn't support the 3D portion of the card. You can download them from http://www.hercules.com/support/drivers/term/t643d/
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