From: oml1 AT Ra DOT MsState DOT Edu (Owen LaGarde)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: SWORD 2.1 / GRX 2.0 feedback on generic VGA 640x480x16/256 drivers
Date: 1 Nov 1997 01:38:15 GMT
Organization: CEWES ITL (Nichols Research)
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Keywords: sword, grx, driver
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I'm looking at SWORD 2.1 (and through it, GRX 2.0) for supporting a 
prototype that will eventually run with a wide variety of (S)VGA cards 
(intel, 16bit, dos).  The question of reliability and availability has 
been raised over available GRX device drivers.  Are generic (mode-13?)
VGA drivers available, and, more to the point, are they reasonably stable
across a wide (within reason) range of generic vga/svga cards?  If you've 
had particularly good/bad performance from a specific driver, please let 
me know.  I am looking for opinion as much as documentation.  BTY, the 
hardware spec stops at 640x480x256 but does not specify a maker/class,
thus a public driver for a specific make such as tseng1440 is acceptable
though not as preferable as something more generic, and performance at speed
is a _secondary_ issue.  Thanks.
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