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Re: Matrox and Escape?

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From: giprice
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 00:00
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In <3579384A.74F1@pp.inet.fi>, Ilkka Karppinen <ilkka.karppinen@pp.inet.fi> writes:
>Michael Block wrote:
>> 
>> has anyone managed to successfully run the Escape 2.1 screensaver with
>> a Matrox card? I'm trying to run it with driver 2.13.053 on a 4MB
>> Matrox Mill at 1024x768 and 16M colours on a K6 233
>> t won't run with dive enabled ( it gives displaced multiple images and
>> strippy images), and VERY slowly with it disabled. I've tried the
>> config.sys line suggested in the documentation with no effect.
>> 
>> Any ideas? Any luck?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Michael Block
>
>Hi,
>
>I've Escape 2.1 running alright in 1280x1024 with 16 bits (I've also got
>it to work with 16M colors).  
>Driver version 2.20.055 and BIOS 2.9 although with earlier (2.13 and
>2.14 drivers it worked also).
>
>In CONFIG.SYS I've only the following OpenGL 3D settings (Pentium
>(?)/Pentium Pro optimizing driver):
>DEVICE=C:\OS2\OS2OGL.SYS
>SET OGL_VIDEO_MEM_SIZE=4
>
>Regards,
>Ilkka Karppinen
>
>PTW.  Setting Fast Single Buffering Enabled in Escape makes atleast 3D
>Lines draw more quickly.

Where did you get OS2OGL.SYS from?
Where did you get Escape 2.1 from?
How did you find out about OGL_VIDEO_MEM_SIZE?
(Probably from one of the first 2, I expect.)

TIA,
Greg
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Subject: Re: Matrox and Escape?
Date: 1998/06/07
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