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In article <0096723F.3B730C20@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2609cowend@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>A few questions, these may be FAQs, if so, put me in my rightful place...
>1. What's the deal with the Western Digital drivers with my 1B card?
>Will SuperVGA still be a dream for me with the proper release of 2.1, or 
>am I going to have to live with 16 colors until I get a new video card?
>Will there be a fix or special drivers on Hobbes?

OS/2 2.1 will include 256 color drivers for all modes (640x480,
800x600, and 1024x768) for most SuperVGA adapters, including Western
Digital.  (Notable exception: S3-based adapters, unless something
changes.)  So, no, you won't have to go fishing for a driver.  The
drivers will support seamless Windows, in fact.

>2. Is there ANY WAY I can make modifications to the config.sys in my HPFS
>formatted partition from DOS or the OS/2 install disks?  Config.sys crashed
>when I installed the SIO/VSIO drivers, and there was no way I could modify the
>config.sys, having to reinstall the entire system.  Is there _any way_ I can
>get around this, or make a floppy-based boot disk with the HPFS system?

Yes.  The first two diskettes in your OS/2 set constitute a bootable
pair (see the FAQ List for details).  Just place an OS/2 text mode
editor (like tedp090.zip, available via anonymous ftp from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu; check file /pub/os2/00Index for location) on a
floppy disk, and use that in an emergency.

(I'll try to cover this better in future releases of the FAQ List.)

>3. Are the multimedia applets _supposed_ to stutter, or is that just my system?
>Windows sound support works marvelously now, but the OS/2 applets sound awful
>on my SoundBlaster...

No, they shouldn't.  Your SoundBlaster isn't sharing in interrupt
(like IRQ 7), is it?

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