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Re: ET4000 video drivers!! Help!

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From: Victor Chan
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 04:48
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cjmarsha@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Charles Marshall) writes:

> Has anybody successfully gotten windows into a 1024x768x256 mode?  I can
> use Windows supplied VGA and SVGA drivers and ONE Tseng supplied VGA
> (640x480x16) driver.  What's going on? 
> 
> The zip files I tried using were TSG40627 (Win3.0 basically), W31ET4, and
> ET4_W31.  I'm using Win3.1 so the TSG40627 file was useless.  Actually,
> everything was useless.  Either I would get divide overflow errors or I
> would get (during installation) that a VGAxx.DRV could not be loaded.  I
> placed the DRV's in every conceivable location.  
> 
> I am trying to do this from a network - but so what?  It should still work.
> What's the word on getting more colors and higher resolution with TSENG
> ET4000 drivers?
> 
> Charles
> 
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> Charles Marshall            Bitnet: cjmarsha@flint.mines.colorado.edu
> Information Services        Usenet: cjmarsha@slate.mines.colorado.edu 
> Colorado School of Mines

I'm using the VGA478S.DRV which, I believe, is 1024x768x256.  I'm running 
win 3.1 under that mode with absolutely no problem right now.  Hope this 
helps.  I think I got the driver in either of two latter files you 
mention.

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From: vchan@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Victor Chan)
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Subject: Re: ET4000 video drivers!!  Help!
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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 22:48:48 MDT
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