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In article <BssGAw.9Gt@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
> In article <1992Aug9.014738.90@actrix.gen.nz| Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

> |think Iskandar Tahb did). As far os OS/2 running the top 100 DOS and Windows
> |apps is concerned - that is total crap. Lie would be a better word, but I
> |don't think Iskandar is being deliberatley misleading.
> 
> Ummm..no.. I didn't write this. If you follow the attributions care-
> fully you'll note that the attrib line with two || belongs to  
> "nsus_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Nick Susch)" and the attribution 
> is correct.

My apologies. 

> 
> |As for the video card question that started this thread, OS/2 will do
> |640x480x16 with almost any card in existence. If you want SVGA, the range
> |narrows to only about a dozen of the most popular cards and their clones.
> 
> But who wants to do 640x480x16? Thats boring! 

As I say above, most people won't have too.

> 
> The Trident 8900 is a very poor SVGA card. It runs about half the speed
> of a Tseng ET4000. I would _not_ want to run my Windows apps at half 
> speed added to the slight penalty you pay for running seamless Windows.
> If there is one thing Windows 3.1 has gotten me used to is fast video
> handling. I don't care how much faster multitasking is, if I have to 
> use a Trident to get it I'll wait a few months until good seamless 

I saw a posting earlier to day that indiacted that the makers ofthe Diamond
video cards awa waiting for OS/2 v2's 32-bit graphical engine to come out
before releasing drivers. Now that made sense to me. Why write 16-bit drivers
for a 5 month period? Write 32-bit drivers for the way the OS will be for the
foreseeable future! 
 
I have seen the 24bit Diamond Speedstar inaction. The OS/2 version will be
great! Just a couple of months to go.......:-) 

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