Re: ET4000 Tsjeng, Optima MEGA Driver Req

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From: Wolfgang Strobl
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 1990 19:42

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coert@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Coert J. Vonk) writes:

>Yes, I was pretty overwhelmed by the prospective of the Tsjeng ET400 chip.  It
>promised me a 1024x768 resolution and 256 colors at the same time.
>Unfortunately, the Optima MEGA card which uses this chip did not include a
>driver for MsWindows3.  Hence it would not run MsWindows3 in 386 enhanced mode,
>or 286 protected mode.

>Is one of you so lucky to use any of such drivers.  If so, please contact me.

cica.cica.indiana.edu has a collection of Windows 3 drivers, including
one for the ET4000 chip. It's in the /pub/pc/win3/video directory and is
called tseng4k.zip. According to a friend, who has an Optima ET4000 card,
it does work in all three modes.

Wolfgang Strobl
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From: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: ET4000 Tsjeng, Optima MEGA Driver Req
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