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From: zech@leadsv.UUCP (Bill Zech)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3 and ATI card
Summary: Works for me
Message-ID: <11308@leadsv.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 90 22:52:19 GMT
References: <20071@grebyn.com>
Organization: LOCKHEED, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <20071@grebyn.com>, ted@grebyn.com (Ted Holden) writes:
> 
> Here's what I'm seeing;  maybe somebody else is seeing something
> different.  Windows 3 gives you a standard choice of about 5 monitors,
> EGA, VGA, Hercules...  You go to load the ATI driver at the "other"
> choice, and the first thing you see is a note that 386 enhanced mode
> will not run with this card (and you'll probably get this message
> with any SVGA).  The next thing I see, after going through the entire
> five diskette setup process, is that Windows 3 simply doesn't work with
> the ATI card.  win.com simply goes "poof" and dumps you back out at a
> DOS prompt.  Right now, UNIX and X-11 are starting to look AWFULLY good.
> 

I just installed Win 3.0 on my system today, with an ATI VGA Wonder.
I let Windows choose the VGA driver and mouse for me, and it all 
works just fine.  (this is 640x480x16)

I look forward to seeing an SVGA driver for it, but I think ATI
will have to supply it.  For now I am happy with the standard
VGA mode.  (My system is a 386 25Mhz / 8 meg;  I was running Win/3
for 386 enhanced mode.)

- Bill

P.S.  I think it looks slick and am eager to play with it!