dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) (10/03/90)
In addition to the welcome proposal for splitting off '.programmer', I
think a case can be made for splitting off discussion of video drivers
and the like; about half the traffic in c.w.ms seems to be along the lines
of "How do you get xxx to work with yyy's 1920x497 pixel super-semi-VGA
driver?" I'd prefer to have such discussions in a subgroup.
I'm not sure -.vdu is an ideal name. Has anyone a better suggestion?
Alternative names might be c.w.ms.video, -.drivers or -.hardware.
I suspect the first two would get mistaken by some people for other
subjects however, such as displaying video on PC's , or a Windows version
of GRASP. A 'hardware' subgroup would (usefully) pick up other issues of
special hardware such as different mice or what to do about zzz's enhanced
memory manager chip. But I wonder whether people would assume it meant
pure hardware issues and did not include the software part of video (etc.)
drivers - which indeed the group should cover.
Comments?
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<or> /g=David/s=Wright/org=STC Technology Ltd/prmd=STC plc/admd=Gold 400/co=GBxanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) (10/03/90)
In article <3466@stl.stc.co.uk> dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) writes: >In addition to the welcome proposal for splitting off '.programmer', I >think a case can be made for splitting off discussion of video drivers >and the like; about half the traffic in c.w.ms seems to be along the lines >of "How do you get xxx to work with yyy's 1920x497 pixel super-semi-VGA >driver?" I'd prefer to have such discussions in a subgroup. > >I'm not sure -.vdu is an ideal name. Has anyone a better suggestion? >Alternative names might be c.w.ms.video, -.drivers or -.hardware. ".displays" might attract the traffic you want. Kent, the man from xanth. <xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>
marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) (10/04/90)
dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) writes: >of "How do you get xxx to work with yyy's 1920x497 pixel super-semi-VGA >driver?" Wow! That sounds like a really cool card. >I'm not sure -.vdu is an ideal name. Has anyone a better suggestion? >Alternative names might be c.w.ms.video, -.drivers or -.hardware. >I suspect the first two would get mistaken by some people for other >subjects however, such as displaying video on PC's , or a Windows version >of GRASP. A 'hardware' subgroup would (usefully) pick up other issues of >special hardware such as different mice or what to do about zzz's enhanced >memory manager chip. But I wonder whether people would assume it meant >pure hardware issues and did not include the software part of video (etc.) >drivers - which indeed the group should cover. Of the ones you mentioned, I guess I prefer video. vdu implies a Video Display Unit - which means monitor to me. Most, but certainly not all, articles along these lines are about software drivers for video cards. Hardware means hardware - not video drivers. Actually, most articles are about SVGA drivers, so how about c.w.ms.svga? I would think that questions about monitors, and cards (other than in realtion to Win3 performance should belong in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. As far as mistaking video for GRASP (whatever that is), I don't think it would really present a problem. Most readers are regular subscribers and I really don't think it would confuse them. I vote for either c.w.ms.video or c.w.ms.svga. I prefer video. We'd have to change the name when SVGA becomes obsolete if we use svga. Hopefully, we'll all be using 2560x2048 in a couple of years. ;-) -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future
yeates@motcid.UUCP (Tony J Yeates) (10/18/90)
I agree a separate news group for display problems is badly needed. ---.vdu doesn't sound too bad.