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In article <CB.92Jul28163753@tamarack13.timbuk> cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster) writes:
>Christopher M. Palmer writes:
>
>   I was reading one of John Dvorak's columns in a PC magazine where he
>   was discussing the joys and pitfalls of running OS/2.  In an
>   annoyingly offhand remark, he says that OS/2 doesn't like Trident
>   ET4000 SVGA cards.

Just a minor quibble. _Tseng_ makes the ET4000 chipset. Its probably
the best and fastest non-accelerated chipset out there. 

Trident makes various chipsets (9000, 8900C, etc.) that are slower
than the ET4000 by a huge amount. If you are buying a clone, get the 
Tseng based cards unless you want an accelerator card.

>It's just a driver issue.  I fault IBM for not having the driver ready
>earlier, but you can run OS/2 in VGA mode with no trouble.  There are
>drivers for ET4000, but in one way or another they're not the
>full-fledged driver that can do seamless Windows and other things that
>they should do. 

Agh! No kidding.. the SVGA drivers aren't out yet? Whats the 
problem.. no support from Tseng or is writing OS/2 video dri-
vers a pain in the neck or something? 

I am NOT buying OS/2 until true Tseng ET4000 SVGA drivers be-
come available. And IBM better have the $49 upgrade offer still
alive when they do otherwise I'll stick with Windows 3.1 until 
NT comes out. 

I will NOT cripple my system with a Trident 8900 card just be-
cause I want OS/2 and I refuse to go back to VGA resolutions. 




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