Dell's Panasonic CD-ROM (non SCSI) w/ OS/2??
Pierre VonKaenel
Dell's recent ads for the Dimension XPS family include a Panasonic 563
CD-ROM. Since the FAQ mentions good driver support for the SCSI ROMS,
how well is this non-scsi supported? Would I need to download some
special driver from the Internet or will the Panasonic work like magic
after installing OS/2? If I include the SoundBlaster 16 as an
accessory, Dell tells me that the Panasonic is attached to the SB's
port (as opposed to a separate adapter) - will this work with OS/2?
Another question: the #9 GXE video card in these models has 1 MB of
VRAM. I know it can do 1024x768, but how many colors for NI 72Mhz?
At least 16, but can it go to 256 or 64K (with the new S3 drivers)?
Thanks again for any input.
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Pierre von Kaenel | Math & CS Dept | Skidmore College | pv...@skidmore.edu
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Robert Seidman
>From: pv...@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
>Subject: Dell's Panasonic CD-ROM (non SCSI) w/ OS/2??
>Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 17:31:27 GMT
>Dell's recent ads for the Dimension XPS family include a Panasonic 563
>CD-ROM. Since the FAQ mentions good driver support for the SCSI ROMS,
>how well is this non-scsi supported? Would I need to download some
>special driver from the Internet or will the Panasonic work like magic
>after installing OS/2? If I include the SoundBlaster 16 as an
>accessory, Dell tells me that the Panasonic is attached to the SB's
>port (as opposed to a separate adapter) - will this work with OS/2?
Creative Labs does have OS/2 drivers available for the panasonic/SB combo.
They seem to work for me, though I don't have a 563- the documentation that
came with the drivers claims to support the 563 as well.
>Another question: the #9 GXE video card in these models has 1 MB of
>VRAM. I know it can do 1024x768, but how many colors for NI 72Mhz?
>At least 16, but can it go to 256 or 64K (with the new S3 drivers)?
The new S3 drivers will support 1024x768 @256 colors. I believe there is
a beta driver that will support 64K colors, but to have it support 64K at
1024x768 you need 2 meg on the video card.
Hope that Helps!