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From: rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
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Subject: Re: 8514/A icons
Message-ID: <1991May19.195542.2189@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
Date: 19 May 91 19:55:42 GMT
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In article <1991May19.223417.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au> ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes:
>If I remember your previous postings correctly, Kai-Uwe, you are using
>a Paradise 8514/A clone?  I wonder if this is the cause of your problems,
Probably not, because I use the IBM driver, the card is hardware-compatible.

>as I upgraded my 1.2 to 1.3 on my IBM model 70 with and IBM 8514/A
>card (with full memory) and there hasn't been any problems.  The icons
>are nicely reduced and are just miniature versions of the previous ones
>(thank goodness!).  Indeed, all icons work well.
Well, the problems aren't that big. If I had not tested the other
1024x768 driver, I would not even have noticed the different size.
With the IBM card and monitor you may not notice it because it is
interlaced and the picture is not that clear as on the Paradise card
which works noninterlaced. Also, the main advantage from patching the
icons is not only that they are no longer stretched but also that they
occupy again less space. This reduced the size of my desktop manager
groups substantially. (40 -> 32 pixels = 20% less).


Kai Uwe Rommel

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