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From: cannon@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Christopher Cannon)
Subject: Re: Do the 2MB ATI Ultra Pro 16 and 24 bit Windows Drivers Work?
Message-ID: <1993Apr21.143948.28700@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
References: <87402@ut-emx.uucp>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 14:39:48 GMT
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In article <87402@ut-emx.uucp> reza@magellan.ae.utexas.edu (Alireza Vali) writes:
>Hi there.  We just bought a 486 DX2/66 Gateway system with a 2 meg ATI
>Ultra Pro video card.  Everything seems to work fine except for the
>Windows Drivers for 800x600 24 bit, and 800x600 and 1024x768 16 bit
>modes.  The fonts and icons start deteriorating after windows startup,
>and within minutes of use, everything on the screen is totally
>unintelligible.  Naturally, I called Gateway tech support to inquire
>about this.  The technician asked me about the drivers, and I told him it
>was version 1.5, build 59.  He told me that the 16 and 24 bit drivers for
	This is pure bull.  I've had the 24 bit mode (640x480 and 800x600)
	working since the version before 59 (??55??).  Bld 59 added 
	the 24 bit option to Flexpanel.  Try getting the drivers from 
	ftp.cica.indiana.edu or wuarchive.
>the ATI Ultra Pro simply do not work!!!  Is this true?  If so, I'm simply
>amazed.  How could this be?  The strange thing is I would have expected
>to see some discussion on here (unless the subject has made the FAQ!!!).
>
>Gateway 486 DX2/66 Local Bus
>16 Megs Ram
>SCSI HD & CD-ROM
>Ultrastor 34F Local Bus SCSI controller
>ATI Ultra Pro Local Bus with 2MB VRAM
>DOS 6.0
>Windows 3.1
>Mach 32 drivers version 1.5 (build 59)
Mine is:
Gateway 486 DX2/50 LB
8 Megs ram
IDE HD
ATI GUP w/ 2MB (installed upgrade myself)
BLD 59 drivers.


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