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Re: Matrox and Escape?

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From: giprice
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00
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In <357EE775.475B@pp.inet.fi>, Ilkka Karppinen <ilkka.karppinen@pp.inet.fi> writes:
>giprice@ibm.net wrote:
>> 
>> In <3579384A.74F1@pp.inet.fi>, Ilkka Karppinen <ilkka.karppinen@pp.inet.fi> writes:
>> >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?
>
>You can find it from WARP 4 Device Driver Pak (probably also from IBM's
>corresponding
>www-pages).  It's in the \drivers directory on a name OS2OGL.ZIP. 
>
>> Where did you get Escape 2.1 from?
>
>Bought it directly from Snow Storm Software (actually an update from an
>earlier version).
>
>> How did you find out about OGL_VIDEO_MEM_SIZE?
>> (Probably from one of the first 2, I expect.)
>> 
>
>The first.  See the inluded OS2OGL.DOC inside the OS2OGL.ZIP.
>
>Ilkka
>
>> TIA,
>> Greg

OS2OGL.ZIP was indeed in the OS2DDPAK directory at the IBM FTP site.
Seems to speed things up, too.  (PP200)  I don't know how you knew
about this in the first place, but thanks anyway!

Got 2.1 from Snow Storm.  (Had 2.0 already.)

Cheers,
Greg
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Subject: Re: Matrox and Escape?
Date: 1998/06/12
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