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Article #38Re: Need info: how is S3 Trio 64V+ w/OS/2?
From: duncan munro
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 00:00
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wingert.3@wingert.3 wrote: >In <3298dcc5.1190774@199.0.0.7>, lonstein@mhv.net (Ross Lonstein) writes: >>kbennett@cpcug.org (Keith Bennett) wrote: >>>My client is selling special-purpose turnkey OS/2 systems. They are >>>planning to use IBM 6887KAE 100-MHz Pentiums with S3 Trio 64V+ >>>(onboard, I think) video controllers. >>>We'd like to know if we should anticipate any problems related to >>>this video controller. >>>Also, if these customers machines use plain VGA (640 x 480, 16 >>>colors), and don't have Windows at all, and stay in PM graphics mode, >>>how likely is it that we might experience these known lockups or >>>video problems, if any? >>Each vendor's implementation is somewhat different, but I have been >>using an S3Trio64V+ based video adapter with OS/2 Warp 3.0 and Fixpak >>17 and the 2.5x release of the S3 drivers for several months and Warp >>4.0 and the 2.81 release of the S3 drivers for about two months. I had >>no video related problems under 3.0. Since moving to Warp 4.0, I have >>had no problems at all. >> >>>Thanks for any help. >>You're welcome. >> >>Ross >i use a s3trio64+ also, it's fast and stable, and it works great under xfree86-os2 >the one i have is so generic, the only thing it says on the box is PCI SVGA >adapter, no company name at all =-) >it is easy to install: just reset to VGA, pop in the card, restart, install driver and >enjoy >mike Ditto... Duncan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b0fc,f4cb17492a88fe5f X-Google-Attributes: gid10b0fc,public X-Google-Thread: 10cd94,f4cb17492a88fe5f X-Google-Attributes: gid10cd94,public From: dmunro@sfu.ca (duncan munro) Subject: Re: Need info: how is S3 Trio 64V+ w/OS/2? Date: 1996/11/29 Message-ID: <57m270$f29@morgoth.sfu.ca> X-Deja-AN: 201361172 references: <572a80$962@cpcug.org> <3298dcc5.1190774@199.0.0.7> <57lrvu$8so@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> organization: Simon Fraser University newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.video,bit.listserv.os2-l