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From: n3jja@my.address.is.my.business....               06-Nov-99 04:39:07
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: AGP graphic card and OS/2 Warp version 3

Message sender: n3jja@my.address.is.my.business.jackoff

From: n3jja@my.address.is.my.business.jackoff (Jim Nuytens)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 08:02:30, "Paul Goddard" <pcgodda@freeuk.com> 
wrote:

> I am considering buying an AGP graphic card for use with Windows 98. I
> cannot find any drivers listed in OS-2 Device Driver Pack Online and wonder
> if an AGP card will work with Warp 3 since Warp 3 is pre-AGP cards. For my
> OS/2 applications I only need 16-colour VGA so the default driver with Warp
> 3 would be OK if it would work.

Warp 3 & 4 running Matrox G400 Dual Head 32M AGP card. Didn't even 
have to reset to VGA. Just pulled out the old Matrox Mystique and 
plugged in the new G400. Windoze got pissed off. HA!



"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe."
Dr. McCoy to Kirk / Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home

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From: n3jja@my.address.is.my.business....               06-Nov-99 04:45:20
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: Matrox G400 Black Screen

Message sender: n3jja@my.address.is.my.business.jackoff

From: n3jja@my.address.is.my.business.jackoff (Jim Nuytens)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 21:22:05, "Nick Danger" 
<nickdanger@null.spamTHIS.net> wrote:

> Yesterday I bought a G400 Max to replace my Millenium II.
> I downloaded the v2.31.100 drivers from the Matrox site
> so I'd have the latest & greatest, then reset the video
> to VGA and installed the hardware. When I got back to
> the VGA desktop, I installed the 2.31 drivers per instructions.
> Upon reboot, the screen went black as the WPS was
> starting and the monitor's little "no video" yellow light
> started flashing.  I went through this several times
> (reboot, Alt-F1 into VGA, re-install Matrox drivers,
> diddle with the MGA settings before rebooting)
> with a variety of screen resolutions, always with
> the same result.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this and gotten past it?
> 
> Running Warp4 FP11 on 333MHz P-II w/ 196MB RAM.

Now, that's weird. All I did was update my driver to 2.31 on my 
Mystique (actually done because I had a problem when I went to FP12), 
shut down, removed the Mystique, and plugged in the G400. Viola! No 
problems.

Running Warp 3 (not sure of the FP there) and Warp 4 FP12 on AMD 
K6II-350 w/128 RAM.


"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe."
Dr. McCoy to Kirk / Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home

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From: repierceNOSPAM@tracy.com                          05-Nov-99 21:21:21
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 03:33:25
Subj: 3D Blaster Banshee Video Drivers for OS/2?

From: "Ray Pierce" <repierceNOSPAM@tracy.com>

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone know if there is a video driver for OS/2 for the Creative Labs 3D
Blaster Banshee video card?  I really like the way the card works in Win95
(my son loves Rainbow 6), but want to get improved video capabilities over
VGA in OS/2.  Anyone know if there is even a "down level" driver available?

Thanks,

Ray Pierce

repierce@NOSPAMtracy.com

please remove the NOSPAM to reply to me directly.  Thanks.




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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           06-Nov-99 05:37:20
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: 3D Blaster Banshee Video Drivers for OS/2?

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 05:32:44, lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley) 
wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:21:43, "Ray Pierce" <repierceNOSPAM@tracy.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Everyone,
> > 
> > Does anyone know if there is a video driver for OS/2 for the Creative Labs 
3D
> > Blaster Banshee video card?  I really like the way the card works in Win95
> > (my son loves Rainbow 6), but want to get improved video capabilities over
> > VGA in OS/2.  Anyone know if there is even a "down level" driver
available?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> 
> Check to see if the chipset for the card (whatever it is) is supported
> by the Scitech Display Docter drivers (AKA SDD/2).
> 
> Their website is http://www.scitech.com
> 

OOPS - a typo

S/B http://www.scitechsoft.com

Mea Culpa
Lorne Sunley


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           06-Nov-99 05:32:22
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: 3D Blaster Banshee Video Drivers for OS/2?

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:21:43, "Ray Pierce" <repierceNOSPAM@tracy.com> 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Does anyone know if there is a video driver for OS/2 for the Creative Labs
3D
> Blaster Banshee video card?  I really like the way the card works in Win95
> (my son loves Rainbow 6), but want to get improved video capabilities over
> VGA in OS/2.  Anyone know if there is even a "down level" driver available?
> 
> Thanks,

Check to see if the chipset for the card (whatever it is) is supported
by the Scitech Display Docter drivers (AKA SDD/2).

Their website is http://www.scitech.com

Lorne Sunley


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From: News@The-Net-4U.com                               06-Nov-99 10:40:05
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 10:27:24
Subj: Re: Scitech Display Doctor

From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn)

>> There's a hidden file placed in the root directory of your boot drive
>> which is called IO32.SYS if my memory serves me correctly. I think
>> this contains the install date.
> 
> I appreciate the fact that people *want* to circumvent our licensing 
> mechanisms. The more people who circumvent the licensing, the less 
> revenue we get and the less of a product you guys get.
> 
> So go right ahead, pirate SDD/2 but don't *EVER* complain to my com-
> pany that something in SDD/2 does not work they way you want it to.

Bad mood? Of course you are right, but aggressive language here is not
going to do it anything you may wish for. As the original poster and others
said it was about a problem with something hidden on his system by SDD
which he had uninstalled already and he thought might be responsbile for
his problems with the current non-SCITech video-install where it shows up.

So no lincense infringement as you perceived but an perceived integrity in-
fringement on SDDs part on the posters system which he was trying to solve.

Now, <VERY VBG> if you had used the GREAT OS/2 only newsreader
ProNews/2 (you know that product you called "brain-dead" in advocacy)
you could have known through a simple click-affair with Deja. Just right-
click in the article-window of the offending article you think you are
reading,
select left-click "Explore Thread" and up comes your browser with the thread
for you to scroll through to find out the articles history. Might make for a
better
understanding what is going on here and thus a better reply and support.

Regards from Leeuwarden
Peter van Dobben de Bruijn
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From: Christian.Hesker@T-Online.de                      06-Nov-99 23:49:20
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 20:02:25
Subj: Re: OS/2 display driver for ELSA Erazor 2 ?

From: Christian Hesker <Christian.Hesker@T-Online.de>

Thanks Adrian,

but where can I get the SDD/2 ?? On www.scitechsoft.com is just a link 
to the press release. No link to the download server !
Even the IBM Website database doesn`t know the driver.
Any help ?

         Chris


         Christian.Hesker@T-Online.de
      --++** powered by OS/2 WARP **++--




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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           06-Nov-99 22:19:28
  To: All                                               06-Nov-99 20:02:25
Subj: Re: OS/2 display driver for ELSA Erazor 2 ?

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 23:49:41, Christian Hesker 
<Christian.Hesker@T-Online.de> wrote:

> Thanks Adrian,
> 
> but where can I get the SDD/2 ?? On www.scitechsoft.com is just a link 
> to the press release. No link to the download server !
> Even the IBM Website database doesn`t know the driver.
> Any help ?
> 

Go back to http://www.scitechsoft.com

Click on  the "Try It Now" link that is in the section
that talks about the "IBM Licenses SciTech Technology"

That is the link to the download page.

Lorne Sunley

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From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca                    07-Nov-99 04:16:10
  To: All                                               07-Nov-99 03:28:17
Subj: Re: AGP graphic card and OS/2 Warp version 3

From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca (John Hong)

Rambod Larijani (larijani@arrow.utias.utoronto.ca) wrote:
: In article <QLLC0h0LvdvF-pn2-D5FzpK8lmHF6@localhost>,
:    muses9@cyberus.ca (Marko) wrote:
: >Warps 3 and 4 running an ATI AGP Rage Fury with 8 MB RAM, for the past
: >six months. 

: Are the drivers for that card on Hobbes or the IBM device driver site?

	The latest would probably be on Hobbes.  Someone uploaded the 
most recent there.  Version 5.35b11.  I could be mistaken but I think the 
GRADD driver supports this card when installing with the "ATI" switch, as 
well.

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From: nospam_ktk@netlabs.org                            07-Nov-99 12:51:06
  To: All                                               07-Nov-99 10:20:14
Subj: Re: OS/2 display driver for ELSA Erazor 2 ?

From: "Adrian Gschwend" <nospam_ktk@netlabs.org>

On Sat, 06 Nov 1999 23:49:41 GMT, Christian Hesker wrote:

Hi Christian,

>but where can I get the SDD/2 ?? On www.scitechsoft.com is just a link 
>to the press release. No link to the download server !
>Even the IBM Website database doesn`t know the driver.
>Any help ?

Check ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.0-b9.zip

You should check the directory about once a week, they release a lot of betas
actually :-)

cu

Adrian


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ICQ: 22419590
ktk@netlabs.org
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From: nospam_ktk@netlabs.org                            07-Nov-99 12:52:05
  To: All                                               07-Nov-99 10:20:14
Subj: Re: 3D Blaster Banshee Video Drivers for OS/2?

From: "Adrian Gschwend" <nospam_ktk@netlabs.org>

On Sat, 06 Nov 1999 05:32:44 GMT, Lorne Sunley wrote:

>Check to see if the chipset for the card (whatever it is) is supported
>by the Scitech Display Docter drivers (AKA SDD/2).

You can get the current beta of SDD/2 at
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.0-b9.zip



---
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@ OS/2 Netlabs

ICQ: 22419590
ktk@netlabs.org
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From: piquant00@uswestmail.net                          07-Nov-99 15:43:03
  To: All                                               07-Nov-99 15:15:21
Subj: Re: OS/2 display driver for ELSA Erazor 2 ?

From: piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.)

On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 23:49:41, Christian Hesker 
<Christian.Hesker@T-Online.de> wrote:

:where can I get the SDD/2 ?

 ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2

-- 
Klaatu barada nikto

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From: isaacl@sonics.ece.ubc.ca                          07-Nov-99 20:04:29
  To: All                                               07-Nov-99 20:07:02
Subj: Re: Scitech Display Doctor

From: isaacl@sonics.ece.ubc.ca (e-frog)

Kendall Bennett (KendallB@scitechsoft.com) wrote:
: In article <zterrarrkvfarg.fkh8491.pminews@news.exis.net>, 
: mgreene@exis.net says...

: > As a different question, if I buy SDD will the number I receive work in
all
: > these releases? I just installed SDD (9) in my Warp 3 FP42 with Matrox
G200 -
: > works great and I see the speed difference from the MAtrox drivers.

: Yes. If you purchase the product you get a code that will unlock all beta 
: versions, as well as the final GA product. Note that the price will be 
: increasing for the final GA product, so it is cheaper to purchase it 
: during the preview period.

Ooop! I better purchase soon!

Just a couple of questions for SciTech, there has been SO much discussion,
I lose track of everything...

- Are you planning to have H/W OpenGL for some cards in the GA?
- Will there be video capture / tv tuner for some cards in the GA?

I'm not looking for a legally binding contract :)
Just some statement of intent is good enough, I'll trust SciTech.

(And just some other notes. I gave up on testing the Beta's a while back
since I run a Millenium and the "native" drivers work fine. I was waiting
for GA to go along with a new card
Note 2: As some other people have pointed out, don't put something called
IO32.SYS in the root directory! Too obvious to see and brings up too many
questions!)



Thanks,
Isaac

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From: wessie@angelfire.com                              08-Nov-99 03:08:21
  To: All                                               08-Nov-99 03:40:16
Subj: Viper 770 TNT2

From: Filip Westers <wessie@angelfire.com>

The card runs nicely under os2 and I have only one slight
problem.

I have a 21" IIyama MF5321 monitor and the display set 1280x1024
at 75Hz. With popup screens (messages) and time868 the fonts are
actually too large.

If anyone has a solution for this, I'll be gratefull to hear
about this.

As an exercise I have combined the NVIDIA drivers with the later
ones of GRADD080.

Filip Westers
wessie at angelfire dot com

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From: fjones@onlink.net                                 08-Nov-99 18:27:18
  To: All                                               08-Nov-99 21:19:01
Subj: Re: Q: PCI Video and INTA?

From: "Frank Jones" <fjones@onlink.net>

In <380A5D8C.A53DEE31@ibm.net>, on 10/18/99 
   at 12:36 AM, Tony Wright <horseman@ibm.net> said:

>Frank Jones wrote:

>> Chairo Tony.
>> Thank you for your time and questions, which show me I didn't try
>> "everything" yet!
>>
>><Big Snip>

>If you have no convenient opportunity of both trying your existing card
>in another PC and "borrowing" another, together with a preponderance of
>relatively "cheap" graphic cards available then  perhaps further effort
>isn't justified over and above an academic interest?

Chairo Tony, (and Baden.).
After trying numerous changes to the Machines configuration, (which had
minimal effects), I finally received the Matrox G200 AGP video card,
installed with the drivers on the CDROM provided, and now OS/2 comes up
flawlessly, with no 'system freezing' at all, and the display response
seems to faster than ever...  

So I guess that the combination of the Cirrus Logic CL-GD54M30 video card,
with the ASUS P2B-B motherboard was the source of the problem. 

It now rests with me to figure out how to backup the WPS etc.. and install
the Fixpacks, so I can install XFREE86, NS 4.61, JAva 1.1.8 and  be ready
for the end of the year! A seemingly impossible task, seeing that it took
me 3 months to figure out that the video card was the source of my
problems. ;-)

-- 
Peace to you,
Frank.
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Frank Jones" <fjones@onlink.net>
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From: deathlok@cww.de                                   08-Nov-99 19:17:12
  To: All                                               08-Nov-99 21:19:02
Subj: Re: Viper 770 TNT2

From: Pressenna Sockalingasamy <deathlok@cww.de>

Filip Westers wrote:
> 
> The card runs nicely under os2 and I have only one slight
> problem.
> 
> I have a 21" IIyama MF5321 monitor and the display set 1280x1024
> at 75Hz. With popup screens (messages) and time868 the fonts are
> actually too large.
> 
> If anyone has a solution for this, I'll be gratefull to hear
> about this.
> 
> As an exercise I have combined the NVIDIA drivers with the later
> ones of GRADD080.

here's my work-around...

1. install the nvidia driver,
2. then install sdd ( www.scitechsoft.com ).
3. change c1=sddgradd to c1=nvgradd in the config.sys
4. set the RR via the sdd tools...

-- 
CU/2
Pressenna ...

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From: mech@kenosha.rchland.ibm.com                      09-Nov-99 02:14:25
  To: All                                               09-Nov-99 03:31:28
Subj: Re: Fixed frequency monitors

From: mech@kenosha.rchland.ibm.com (Robert Mech)

In article <381A6DAC.D90122B4@csolve.net>,
 JohnS <jscott@csolve.net> writes:
|> I'm using a Sun (Hitachi 4119) here with a Mystique and 2 meg memory.
|> At 1024x768 max color depth is 64000.
|> If you can get the monitor for under $100 it is well worth while.
|> No, you cannot run DOS games full screen and since Matrox has not chosen
|> to include a VSVGA driver, you will be limited in your DOS windowed
|> support
|> to VGA only.
|> Yes, the winos2 support is good as long as it doesn't try full screen.
|> 
|> You will have to set up a custom monitor in the Matrox monitor file to
|> support
|> your monitor's refresh rates.
|> 
|> Other than problems with tiny fonts, I'm very happy with the results.
|> 
|> Cheers
|> 
|> J
|> 
|> Lee Riemenschneider wrote:
|> > 
|> > I have a chance to get a 20" fixed frequency monitor for pretty cheap,
and
|> > would like to know if it is worth getting.  I have a Matrox Mystique 220. 
 If
|> > I get the monitor working, will I be able to see my start-up screens? 
Will I
|> > be able to play any DOS/Win3.1/OS/2 games?

I have a setup with an IBM 6091 monitor which is fixed frequency. By itself
it will not display full screen stuff, like DOS, Windows, and boot
information.
However, that can be circumvented using the dual (Primary, Secondary) display
support that has been in OS/2 for years. I have the Matrox Millennium I
driving
the 6091 as the Primary Display, and a no-name VGA card driving a 9518 as the 
Secondary display. The boot and full screen stuff go to the 9518, while the
WPS goes to the 6091, running at 1280x1024, 24 bits.

And yes, as mentioned above, a monitor file will need to be hand-crafted with
the proper timings. So you will need detailed info like the pixel clock,
front porch, sync, back porch durations, etc.

The catch here is that the Millennium I has that nice VGA disable switch on
the
card. I don't think any Matrox card since then has that switch.

And the displays do not operate simultaneously. If on the full screen, the WPS
is frozen until I switch back and vice-versa.

For me, the effort was well worth the effort. Been running this setup for a 
few years now. Got the 6091 at a fraction of what multisync 20-21 inch
displays cost. (Back then, they were generally well over 1000 USD.) And the
WPS
at 1280x1024 is just fabulous.  

Without being able to disable VGA on the card, in a pinch I suppose a switch
box could be built to detect the sync polarity and switch between a fixed
sync monitor and a VGA monitor. Or just use a manual switch (more tedious).    


Robert
mechrp at vnet dot ibm dot com

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From: Justin.Baustert@f92.n147.z1.fido...               09-Nov-99 09:14:01
  To: All                                               09-Nov-99 10:58:09
Subj: Win-OS/2 video settings

Message sender: Justin.Baustert@f92.n147.z1.fidonet.org

From: Justin Baustert <Justin.Baustert@f92.n147.z1.fidonet.org>

My current setup is an original Matrox Millenium 4MB with v2.30.089 drivers 
and running @ 1280x1024x16m colors.  A program I'm attempting to run under 
Win-OS/2 (The Master Genealogist 4.0) doesn't seem to like running at 
anything but 640x480x256 colors on my system.  Is there a way to move the 
Matrox drivers out of Win-OS/2 and just have plain VGA, without causing any 
other problems?  It looks as though I could edit some INI files for Win-OS/2, 
but I'd like to get some feedback before trying it myself.


Justin Baustert
Courier Central Sysop

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From: rdohrenburg@hotmail.com                           08-Nov-99 23:50:11
  To: All                                               09-Nov-99 10:58:10
Subj: Re: Viper 770 TNT2

From: Robert Dohrenburg <rdohrenburg@hotmail.com>

Filip Westers wrote:
> 
> The card runs nicely under os2 and I have only one slight
> problem.
> 
> I have a 21" IIyama MF5321 monitor and the display set 1280x1024
> at 75Hz. With popup screens (messages) and time868 the fonts are
> actually too large.
> 
> If anyone has a solution for this, I'll be gratefull to hear
> about this.
> 
> As an exercise I have combined the NVIDIA drivers with the later
> ones of GRADD080.
> 
> Filip Westers
> wessie at angelfire dot com


Are you sure your refresh rate is at 75Hz? How did you changed the
default 60Hz rr?

Robert,

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From: my.address@work.office                            10-Nov-99 11:07:14
  To: All                                               10-Nov-99 10:29:15
Subj: Re: Win-OS/2 video settings

From: my.address@work.office (Klaus Hoffmann)

In article <3028668911@f92.n147.z1.ftn>, Justin Baustert says...
>
>My current setup is an original Matrox Millenium 4MB with v2.30.089 drivers 
>and running @ 1280x1024x16m colors.  A program I'm attempting to run under 
>Win-OS/2 (The Master Genealogist 4.0) doesn't seem to like running at 
>anything but 640x480x256 colors on my system.  Is there a way to move the 
>Matrox drivers out of Win-OS/2 and just have plain VGA, without causing any 
>other problems?  It looks as though I could edit some INI files for Win-OS/2, 

>but I'd like to get some feedback before trying it myself.
>[...]
Plain VGA wouldn't help as it is 640x480x16.
To get a different resolution in Win-OS/2 (full screen) with your Matrox 
graphics adapter, you have to edit the system.ini file in OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 and 
add the lines Winos2Width=640 and Winos2Height=480 to the [MGA.DRV] section. 
For your purposes it might also be useful to tamper with the BPP= parameter.
I don't have any knowledge about the effects on windowed Win-OS/2 sessions, 
though...
Hope it helps.
-- 
Klaus Hoffmann
Email: hoffmann#klaus@topmail#de
Replace hash marks by dots for mailing.
Spam seems to lurk everywhere these days...

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From: houck@ibm.net                                     10-Nov-99 21:48:05
  To: All                                               11-Nov-99 03:54:25
Subj: Re: Win-OS/2 video settings

From: Douglas Houck <houck@ibm.net>

As per the first response, VGA won't help as that
is 16 not 256 colors.

Here is how I've played around with my win-os2
video settings.
Change yours system's video to whatever
(640x480x256), reboot and save the
OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\ win.ini and system.ini files.
Change back to the video you want on your OS2 side
and copy back your saved win.ini and system.ini
files.

I've even been able to have different video for
full screen versus seamless win-os2, although I'm
a bit fuzzy on exactly how  (something like
changing sdisplay.drv or display.drv to the
appropriate video driver).  I needed to do this a
few years back as most of the windows games wanted
860x640x256, where I liked 1024x768x64k.  For
safety reasons, I would make backup copies of each
resolutions win.ini and system.ini files

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From: dunmunro@direct.ca                                12-Nov-99 05:02:07
  To: All                                               12-Nov-99 03:36:02
Subj: Matrox G400 and Scitech DD articles in newest OS/2 Ezine

From: dunmunro@direct.ca (Duncan Munro)


http://www.os2ezine.com

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From: fedor@bu.edu                                      11-Nov-99 23:27:22
  To: All                                               12-Nov-99 03:36:02
Subj: Mach64 anyone?

From: Fedor Kouranov <fedor@bu.edu>

Hello everyone.

I'm currently stuck with an extremely minimum configuration, and am
wondering whether anyone could give me a hand with video setup.

The configuration is:

    Warp 4 FP 12 (I didn't install driver FP though)

    Pentium 100
    80 Mb EDO RAM
    ASUS PCI-CT264 ATI Mach64 based video with 2 Mb memory
    ISA AWE32 SoundBlaster
    etc.

Problem is, genuine ATI drivers that used to work ceased to, Display Doctor
sucks completely, and GRADD .80 sucks occasionally, which includes lockups
on WPS actions and not really working seamless Win-OS/2 sessions. Anyone
else experiencing these problems and having solutions to them?

Does driver FP make a difference?

Thank you!

Fedor

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From: Justin.Baustert@f92.n147.z1.fido...               12-Nov-99 05:14:02
  To: All                                               12-Nov-99 03:36:02
Subj: Re: Win-OS/2 video settings

Message sender: Justin.Baustert@f92.n147.z1.fidonet.org

From: Justin Baustert <Justin.Baustert@f92.n147.z1.fidonet.org>

 KH> Plain VGA wouldn't help as it is 640x480x16. To get a different

Plain VGA probably wouldn't take anything away from the program, but I guess 
I should have said plain SVGA (640x480x256c).

 KH> resolution in Win-OS/2 (full screen) with your Matrox  graphics
 KH> adapter, you have to edit the system.ini file in OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 and
 KH> add the lines Winos2Width=640 and Winos2Height=480 to the [MGA.DRV]
 KH> section.  For your purposes it might also be useful to tamper with

I added those settings exactly, but it doesn't appear that anything changed. 
Are you sure that's the only setting to change?

 KH> the BPP= parameter. I don't have any knowledge about the effects on
 KH> windowed Win-OS/2 sessions,  though...

Mine is currently set at BPP=0, so I'm not sure what change to make.


Justin Baustert
Courier Central Sysop

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From: mmadden@wsnet.com                                 12-Nov-99 06:17:04
  To: All                                               12-Nov-99 03:36:02
Subj: SiS 530 Video

From: mmadden@wsnet.com (M.D. Madden)

I have an integrated video card in my system. Are there are any OS/2
drivers for the SiS 530??

Thanks

Michael Madden

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From: dunmunro@direct.ca                                12-Nov-99 11:19:06
  To: All                                               12-Nov-99 10:28:27
Subj: Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra OS/2 and Xfree86

From: dunmunro@direct.ca (Duncan Munro)

Installing a colour mouse pointer helps but it doesnt fully cure the
problem. If I start xfree86/2 3.3.3  then switch back to the os/2
desktop the mouse curser will redisplay but not in winos2! 
more seriously, If I try to click on the xfree86/2 cde desktop the
system freezes and I have to C-A-D to restart (does a clean shutdown
though). I'm using a diamond viper 550 (tnt 128 16megs ram).

I suspect the solution willl be to use a software cursor with
xfree86/2 but I'm not sure how to do that.

Duncan

On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 15:01:50 -0500, John Youells
<jyouells@lifestream.microserve.com> wrote:

>Greg O'Sullivan <gjo@no.spam> wrote:
>
>>I just installed OS/2 and Xfree86 on a machine with a V770
>>32MB video card. (Nvidia TNT2 ultra based).
>>
>>I used the Nvidia GRADD drivers from their web site.
>>I only get 60Hz refresh rate, seems to work OK
>>
>>I also installed Xfree86 3.3.5 which works OK but when
>>I switch back to the OS/2 desktop the mouse cursor is
>>invisible.
>>
>>Anyone got any ideas to solve these problems,
>>refresh rate and missing mouse cursor?
>>The mouse cursor is making X a one way trip
>>for me at present.
>>
>>Greg O'Sullivan
>>gjo at deakin dot edu dot au
>
>
>  I don't run XFree86 under OS/2 but I would suggest that you try loading a
>color mouse cursor set under OS/2 and see what happens. (I do have experience
>with Nvidia's gradd driver and 60Hz ;) 
>
>
>
>John Youells
>LifeStream Computing

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From: zachmcleod@earthlink.net                          12-Nov-99 14:40:12
  To: All                                               12-Nov-99 19:52:27
Subj: Font Problems

From: Don McLeod <zachmcleod@earthlink.net>

I have recently installed OS/2 Warp 4, with ATI's drivers. For some
reasons the font is not correctly set, on the desktop. Does anyone have
a solution?

Thanks,
Zach McLeod
zachmcleod@earthlink.net


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From: zachmcleod@earthlink.net                          12-Nov-99 14:49:22
  To: All                                               12-Nov-99 21:25:09
Subj: Real Modem

From: Don McLeod <zachmcleod@earthlink.net>

I have a 3Com/USR Internet Voice/Fax modem. I can't get the thing to run
under OS/2 Warp 4. It's NOT a WINMODEM. I can get it to run fine under
DOS, or Linux, but not Warp 4. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've
tried copying the initialize strings and using different modems types
but nothing seems to work.

Thank-you,
Zach McLeod
zachmcleod@earthlink.net


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