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Re: What does the graphics device driver kit look like?

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From: Michael D Kretzer
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:51
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From article <TMH.92Jul22195350@keks.first.gmd.de>, by tmh@keks.first.gmd.de (Thomas Hoberg):
> We bought the "Presentation Driver Reference" manual from IBM, which
> had a coupon for pre-release presentiation driver code in it. We
> mailed that two weeks ago and tried just any phone number we could
> hunt down, but so far we got nothing...
> We would like to develop OS/2 graphics drivers for our TI34020 based
> family of graphics accellerators, but can't even start for lack of
> documentation/sample sources.
> 
> Has anybody gotten that pre-release driver software yet?
> Could you offer some information as to what exactly is contained in
> the package (VGA/8514/XGA driver source?) We'd really like to get
> started... (At least WINOS2 already works with TIGA drivers), but the
> WPS looks downright silly at 640x480 on a 20" monitor...

Unfortunately, the pre-release driver software does not include much
in the way of sources.  It includes the long-promised 32-bit graphics
engine, 32-bit XGA drivers, 32-bit Tseng 256 color drivers for 1024x768, 
800x600, and 640x480, 32-bit drivers for VGA/SVGA, and Toolkit support 
for the 32-bit graphics engine.  No source is included, only beta-level 
drivers of the above.  You will have to get in touch with IBM and request 
sources, I guess.
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From: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael D Kretzer)
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