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From: fritsch@threonine.cs.unc.edu (Dan Fritsch)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: ATI Video Driver?
Summary: Flame ATI
Message-ID: <15920@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Date: 9 Sep 90 14:53:53 GMT
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In article <10635.26e8430f@ecs.umass.edu>, daly@ecs.umass.edu writes:
> Several weeks ago, I requested the MS Windows 3.0 ATI VGA WONDER 800x600
> driver from the ATI phone number [ (416) 756-0718 ], but have recieved nothing
> yet, although the drivers were promised to be sent in a week.  I have seen
> at least one other user on the net with this problem.  I was wondering whether
> anyone has actually recieved the driver as of yet?
> 
> ---Bryon Daly

Way back in May, when Win3 was first announced, I wrote ATI requesting info
on their VGA Wonder drivers. I received a reply shortly thereafter stating
that they were working on the 16-color drivers and would mail me the drivers
on disk as soon as they were available. Well, four months later I have still
not received anything from ATI. If it weren't for the net, I'd still be 
running Windows with the standard VGA driver. 

I bought my VGA Wonder card under the impression that ATI was a reliable and
performance-minded company. Apparently I was wrong. As far as I know, ATI is
the only major video card vendor that has yet to release a 256 color driver
for win3. Not only that, but they leave their customers in the dark as to when
these drivers will be released. I can't reach ATI by phone and their bulletin
board contains cryptic notes (i.e. "indefinately postponed") that don't help
at all. 

I'm so frustrated with ATI that I would not recommend buying one of their 
boards to anyone. Performance is useless without technical support.

- Dan Fritsch			(fritsch@cs.unc.edu)