Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!clarkson!BETASVM2.vnet.ibm.com!KWB Message-Id: <9106262041.AA13094@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 91 16:06:21 EDT From: "Ken Borgendale" Subject: 8514/XGA dumb questions Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc OS/2 1.x as shipped does support 256 colors on an 8514/A or XGA. Any vendor putting out custom cards can also support 256 color mode. I am running OS/2 1.3 in 256 colors on a 8514/A. The XGA is a redesign of the 8514/A to better perform better at those tasks for which it is actually used. Improvements were put in for raster ops used by Windows and OS/2, and for pointer (sprite) support. Many of the new 8514/A clones also included some of these improvements, which is normal since they had several years of product experience to work with. OS/2 1.3 fully support XGA. The current beta 2.0 is missing XGA support and 256 color support for the 8514/A. But these drivers are coming soon. Ken Borgendale (Someday I will say something worth disclaiming)