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From: cs060212@csusac.csus.edu (Brian Volkoff)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Problems with Orchid drivers?
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Date: 5 Oct 90 06:48:43 GMT
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In article <480.270bbbfb@venus.ycc.yale.edu> obrien@venus.ycc.yale.edu writes:
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>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.