From: Robert Dewar (dewar_at_gnat.com)
Date: Sun Mar 08 1998 - 06:27:09 EST
<<It is a shame though, and that IBM doesn't correct the problem. It seems
also that if the specific chipset manafacturer is too lazy/stupid to create
a driver, then you'd think that the next party down the line (IBM, since they
integrated it onto their MB) should make the driver.
>>
It has nothing to do with lazy/stupid, but with simple market dynamics.
OS/2 is no longer important in the general desktop market. Sure it is widely
used, especially as a server, but when some manufacturer makes a new
wizzbang graphics board, they know there will not be enough OS/2 users
for it to be worth making an OS/2 driver.
However, these remarks are relevant for general graphics boards, but NOT
for the TP 770. Here it is indeed remkarable that IBM has not fixed the
OS/2 driver, since they most definitely do advertise the 770 as supporting
OS/2. IBM can choose the chip here, so it is up to them to choose one that
one wa or another can properly support OS/2!
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