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Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2?

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Mark Dodel wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:57:59 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski" 
> <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> wrote:
> 
> -> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:50:49 UTC, tholen@antispam.ham wrote:
> -> 
> -> > Steve Wendt <spamsux@forgetit.org> writes:
> -> > 
> -> > >>>> I think the eCS folks are going to need to address the video driver issue
> -> > >>>> at some point.  I'm running dual head (effectively 3200x1200) using SNAP
> -> > >>>> on a Matrox G450, but I'm at Warp 4.52; if "upgrading" to eCS 2.x on new
> -> > >>>> hardware means downgrading my desktop size, it's not going to happen.
> -> > 
> -> > >>> Um, why would it?  Same OS, same card (I assume), same video drivers.
> -> > 
> -> > >> If it's the same card, then it's not "new" hardware.
> -> > 
> -> > > The odds of running an OS/2 desktop at 3200x1200 on any hardware 
> -> > > released since 2006 are pretty close to zero...
> -> > 
> -> > Then we're in agreement.  "It's not going to happen."
> -> > 
> -> > The eCS folks will need to do something about that, sooner or later.
> -> 
> -> 
> -> Instead of re-starting from scratch, why wouldn't the SNAP model be picked up 
> -> and developed further? Did it all come down to cost? Or was there a technical 
> -> reason...I had always wondered given the well established base of SNAP drivers 
> -> out there.
> 
> Mensys has the SNAP source but they don't have anyone qualified who 
> can work on it or who is interested in working on it. 
> 
> Mark

We do have a suitable developer but he is working on other stuff now for 
eCS 2.2.

Roderick Klein
Mensys

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WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-09-29 13:59 +0000
  Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? Steve Wendt <spamsux@forgetit.org> - 2012-09-29 14:34 -0700
    Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-09-30 19:54 +0000
      Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? Steve Wendt <spamsux@forgetit.org> - 2012-10-01 21:27 -0700
        Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? tholen@antispam.ham - 2012-10-02 11:55 +0000
          Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-10-04 00:45 +0000
            Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? tholen@antispam.ham - 2012-10-04 12:01 +0000
              Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-10-06 16:42 +0000
          Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Alex Taylor" <mail.me@reply.to.address> - 2012-10-08 09:06 -0500
            Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? tholen@antispam.ham - 2012-10-08 22:56 +0000
              Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? Steve Wendt <spamsux@forgetit.org> - 2012-10-09 21:06 -0700
                Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? tholen@antispam.ham - 2012-10-10 16:50 +0000
                Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-10-10 23:57 +0000
                Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? tholen@antispam.ham - 2012-10-11 00:02 +0000
                Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? Steve Wendt <spamsux@forgetit.org> - 2012-10-10 20:42 -0700
                Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Mark Dodel" <madodelNOSPAM@ptd.net> - 2012-10-11 15:20 -0500
                Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-10-13 02:34 +0000
                Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? Roderick Klein <rwklein@mensys.nl> - 2012-11-01 23:56 +0100
        Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-10-04 00:43 +0000
          Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? Steve Wendt <spamsux@forgetit.org> - 2012-10-03 21:06 -0700
            Re: WQXGA LCD for OS/2? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-10-06 17:46 +0000

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