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In article <BsL5KA.IMD@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
> 
> 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? 

No harder than for anything else.....many companies just didn't write any
because they though OS/2 wouldn't sell....meanwhile, 1.4 million copies
later.....
 
Trident has the best set of SVGA drivers including the "virtual desktop"
drivers that turn your screen into a "viewport" onto a huge, scrollable
desktop.

> 
> 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. 

Tseng SVGA drivers are available. From what I hear, NT will only guarantee
support for the top 100 DOS and Windows programs. OS/2 can run almost *all*
DOS and Windows programs........guess we will have to wait and see.

> 
> 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. 

If you really don't want to cripple your system, you'll dump Windows and move
to an OS that *really* knows how to multi-task ( from one who has been 
there......).
 
I've been using OS/2 v2 for 4 months and it is very good. Much better than I
though it would be - and i was expecting a lot.

Steve
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