donnel@helix.nih.gov (Donald A. Lehn) (03/14/91)
I just got the latest Windows 3.0 drivers from the Paradise bullitin board and I have posted them to cica.cica.indiana.edu. There are three self extracting files: win3_16.exe 16 color drivers win3_16f.exe "fast" 16 color drivers win3_256.exe 256 color drivers These files contain a bit more info than the win30drv.zip file and may contain drivers that may work a little faster. Best regards, Don Lehn
victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Victor Menayang) (03/15/91)
In article <1066@nih-csl.nih.gov> donnel@helix.nih.gov (Donald A. Lehn) writes: > >These files contain a bit more info than the win30drv.zip file and may >contain drivers that may work a little faster. > >Best regards, >Don Lehn But, there is no new driver in these files. Are you sure they differ from win30drv.zip? -Victor -- Victor Menayang victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Internet) vm@UTXVM (BITNET) ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!rtf1000 (UUCP) -------------------------------------------------------------
woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan) (03/15/91)
In article <45635@ut-emx.uucp> victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Victor Menayang) writes: >But, there is no new driver in these files. Are you sure they >differ from win30drv.zip? I got mine directly from the Western Digital BBS, but mine had an extra 640x400x256 mode if I remember correctly. No 800x600x256 mode because most WD chipsets (I thought it was all but someone said a newer chipset does) don't support that graphics mode. The "fast" drivers are indeed faster... -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) (03/16/91)
In article <3671@d75.UUCP> woan@peyote.cactus.org writes: >In article <45635@ut-emx.uucp> victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Victor Menayang) writes: >extra 640x400x256 mode if I remember correctly. No 800x600x256 mode >because most WD chipsets (I thought it was all but someone said a >newer chipset does) don't support that graphics mode. Oh No!!! I got my Paradise Card (with 512k) one year ago... ...Are you telling me that I will never be able to run in 800x600x256 with this card ??? I *was* really looking forward to using this mode with Corel Draw !!! Oh Well... --- Robert
white@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Kevin S. White) (03/16/91)
In article <3671@d75.UUCP> woan@peyote.cactus.org writes: >In article <45635@ut-emx.uucp> victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Victor Menayang) writes: >>But, there is no new driver in these files. Are you sure they >>differ from win30drv.zip? > >I got mine directly from the Western Digital BBS, but mine had an >extra 640x400x256 mode if I remember correctly. No 800x600x256 mode >because most WD chipsets (I thought it was all but someone said a >newer chipset does) don't support that graphics mode. > >The "fast" drivers are indeed faster... Hmmm, the drivers are "indeed faster", but you'll probably not notice the diff. I did PC Magazine's Windows Benchmark on each driver (same utils loaded, cold start, etc.), and the average speedup is less than 2%. Many operations show no speedup, and only 4 of the 125 benchmark tests show more than a 10% increase in speed. Again, the drivers are the new ones, the regular 16 color and the "fast" 16 color drivers. I couldn't tell any difference between the old driver set and this new release, didn't bother to run an informal benchmark. -- Kevin White (white@csvax.cs.ukans.edu) University of Kansas