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Article #26Re: ET4000 video card? good?
From: Matt McLeod
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 00:00
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mkrav@ibm.net writes: >>This is the very card I am using...I think mine is a W32P w/2Mb. It works >>quite well. I just use the drivers in OS/2, and haven't had any problems. >>There is a little trick to getting OS/2 to let the ET-4000 do all of its >>refresh rates, but it can be done in about 3 minutes...very easy! >> > What is this little trick? You just need to set the refresh rates with VMODE in a DOS session, then do a "SVGA ON" to update the SVGADATA.PMI (?) file. You can also use CENTER.COM to fix up the centering of the screen (if you're using an low-end monitor, as I am). With the W32's, setting the refresh rate just involves selecting it from a list. Matt
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a752,7d5cf9fdae55dfe7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: 107fbf,7d5cf9fdae55dfe7 X-Google-Attributes: gid107fbf,public From: matt@toaster.hna.com.au (Matt McLeod) Subject: Re: ET4000 video card? good? Date: 1995/07/03 Message-ID: <950703.173720.9f7.rnr.w165w@toaster.hna.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 105620512 references: <3t0c9n$4n7@tinny.eis.net.au> <3t2355$9rq@news.unicomp.net> <3t2vdk$17h0@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> organization: Hunter Network Association followup-to: aus.computers.os2 newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup,aus.computers.os2