obrien@venus.ycc.yale.edu (10/05/90)
In article <mr.655064127@ogre>, mr@ogre (Michael Regoli) writes: > In <1139@larry.sal.wisc.edu> monty@larry.sal.wisc.edu (Monty Schmidt) writes: > > >>Windows 3 Orchid drivers for Prodesigner now on Cica.. I just put em in >>/pub/pc/win3/uploads... filename win3prod.exe... self extracting archive.. >>enjoy.. >>Monty > > Thanks for uploading this to cica.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.22]. > > I've converted this file into a true .ZIP file. (I'd prefer only .ZIP > files at cica: they're easier to check for corruption, etc. Nothing > like spending 40 minutes downloading a huge self-extracting .EXE file > to your PC only to find that it's corrupted.) Besides, most everyone > should be running UNZIP on their Un*x machines--that way you can > actually do something witn the .ZIP before transferring it to your PC. > > -- > michael regoli > mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu > regoli@iubacs.bitnet > ....rutgers!iuvax!cica!mr I downloaded the ProDesigner drivers, and tried them. Within about 15 minutes of installing the 640x480x256 driver, I was able to crash the machine twice. Once, by running the KLOTZ Tetris clone game, and once without any apparent reason. I then installed the 800x600x16, which seems OK. It doesn't seem any faster than the generic 800x600x16 driver posted here a while back, though. The one nice (?) difference is that it uses larger fonts. My machine is a Jameco 286 motherboard/AMI BIOS/2Mb RAM/2 20Mb Seagate 225's and I run exclusively in standard mode. Can those Orchid users who try the drivers please try to make notes of the circumstances surrounding any system crashes, so that we can make specific recommendations regarding the next version? ======================================================================== OBRIEN%OBRIEN@YALEVMS Jim O'Brien, Dept. of Chem. Engrg. OBRIEN%OBRIEN@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU Yale University OBRIEN@YALEVMS 2159 YS, New Haven CT 06520, U.S.A. OBRIEN@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU +1 203 432 4382 (days) >INTERNET:OBRIEN@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU (from Compuserve Easyplex) ========================================================================
skh00983@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Holzgraefe) (10/05/90)
In article <480.270bbbfb@venus.ycc.yale.edu> obrien@venus.ycc.yale.edu writes: >> {...} >I downloaded the ProDesigner drivers, and tried them. Within about 15 minutes >of installing the 640x480x256 driver, I was able to crash the machine twice. >Once, by running the KLOTZ Tetris clone game, and once without any apparent >reason. I then installed the 800x600x16, which seems OK. It doesn't seem any >faster than the generic 800x600x16 driver posted here a while back, though. >The one nice (?) difference is that it uses larger fonts. My machine is a >Jameco 286 motherboard/AMI BIOS/2Mb RAM/2 20Mb Seagate 225's and I run >exclusively in standard mode. > >Can those Orchid users who try the drivers please try to make notes of the >circumstances surrounding any system crashes, so that we can make specific >recommendations regarding the next version? > >======================================================================== >OBRIEN%OBRIEN@YALEVMS Jim O'Brien, Dept. of Chem. Engrg. >OBRIEN%OBRIEN@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU Yale University >OBRIEN@YALEVMS 2159 YS, New Haven CT 06520, U.S.A. >OBRIEN@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU +1 203 432 4382 (days) >>INTERNET:OBRIEN@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU (from Compuserve Easyplex) >======================================================================== One weird problem that I ran into while installing the Orchid drivers is that when I was asked for my original Windows disks for installation of the display fonts, the info wasn't on the disk that was requested. The setup kept asking for the wrong disk. Eventually as I shuffled through my 7 3 & 1/2's it found the info it was looking for and proceeded on its merry way. Maybe it thought I had 5 & 1/4's because thats what it defaulted to... although I did specify my 3 & 1/2 drive. I dunno.... The 1024x768 on my NEC MS 3D is too jittery for my tastes. 640x480x256 has been OK so far with no problems to report. Those 256 color GIF (BMP) wallpapers look great! Steve Holzgraefe s-holzgraefe@uiuc.edu
cs060212@csusac.csus.edu (Brian Volkoff) (10/05/90)
In article <480.270bbbfb@venus.ycc.yale.edu> obrien@venus.ycc.yale.edu writes: > >I downloaded the ProDesigner drivers, and tried them. Within about 15 minutes >of installing the 640x480x256 driver, I was able to crash the machine twice. Good. I've been waiting for others to post stuff about the drivers not working before I did. I don't have an Orchid ProDesigner, but every driver I've tried on my Optima 1024 that was written for the Orchid PD has worked. These though... I can use all of the drivers in Real or Standard modes without problem (my oh my, 256 sure looks nice), but none will work in Enhanced mode. It also seems the SETUP.INF they included was different from the one that came with my version of Windows. It asks for the wrong disks when it tries installing the new drivers (it will ask for #2 when it really wants #4, or such). >Jameco 286 motherboard/AMI BIOS/2Mb RAM/2 20Mb Seagate 225's and I run >exclusively in standard mode. I'm running on a 4MB 386SX with the AMI BIOS. >Can those Orchid users who try the drivers please try to make notes of the >circumstances surrounding any system crashes, so that we can make specific >recommendations regarding the next version? It never crashed on me while it was running.. just never booted up all the way in Enhanced (which *I* wish to use exclusively). It makes it to the logo screen, goes into text mode, and doesn't budge. Needless to say, I'm back using the generic 800x600 driver.