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Re: PCI Express graphics cards under OS/2?
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Mark Klebanoff
Oct 15, 2004, 8:44:31 AM10/15/04
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you might want to post this on the sdd/snap newsgroup site news.scitechsoft.com scitech.snap.graphics.os2 Chuck Meins, Jr. (remove underscores) wrote: > I just got a Dell Precision 670 at work on which I installed eCS 1.2 > (which runs well BTW). The machine has a PCI Express graphics slot and > it came with an nVIDIA FX 1300 graphics card. SNAP can run the card but > only in a bare bones, slow as mud fashion. > I've searched the web but can't find any PCI Express cards that can be > used with OS/2, either with native drivers or with SDD/SNAP. > Does anyone know if such a beast exists? Can I leave the PCI Express > slot empty and use an old PCI graphics card instead? > ___________________________________________ > Chuck Meins, Jr. > Group 38, Seeker and Interceptor Technology > MIT Lincoln Laboratory > 781-981-7386 voice, -3330 fax > 781-789-0448 mobile
Chuck Meins, Jr. (remove underscores)
Oct 15, 2004, 4:10:19 PM10/15/04
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On 10/15/04 03:07 pm, Hendrik Schmieder wrote: > "Chuck Meins, Jr. (remove underscores)" schrieb: >>I just got a Dell Precision 670 at work on which I installed eCS 1.2 >>(which runs well BTW). The machine has a PCI Express graphics slot and >>it came with an nVIDIA FX 1300 graphics card. SNAP can run the card but >>only in a bare bones, slow as mud fashion. > According to <http://www.scitechsoft.com/snap2_changes.txt> SNAP run > this card only in VBE mode. True - that's what SNAP tells me on the Screen properties page. > But I would ask at the news.scitechsoft.com if there are plans to > support this card in accelerated mode I'll try that from home. The firewall here at my workplace doesn't allow me to get that newsgroup. >>Can I leave the PCI Express >>slot empty and use an old PCI graphics card instead? > Only if there's a PCI slot. You can't put a PCI Card in a PCI Express > slot. That was my intention :) ___________________________________________ Chuck Meins, Jr. Group 38, Seeker and Interceptor Technology MIT Lincoln Laboratory 781-981-7386 voice, -3330 fax 781-789-0448 mobile
jmm-list-gn
Oct 15, 2004, 1:28:38 PM10/15/04
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Chuck Meins, Jr. (remove underscores) wrote:
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> Does anyone know if such a beast exists? Can I leave the PCI Express
cards as well. So, yes, an older video adapter should work.
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> Does anyone know if such a beast exists? Can I leave the PCI Express
> slot empty and use an old PCI graphics card instead?
>
I'm pretty sure that PCI Express is designed to accommodate 32 bit >
cards as well. So, yes, an older video adapter should work.
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Mikkel C. Simonsen
Oct 15, 2004, 2:15:11 PM10/15/04
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jmm-list-gn wrote:
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> Chuck Meins, Jr. (remove underscores) wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if such a beast exists? Can I leave the PCI Express
> > slot empty and use an old PCI graphics card instead?
> >
> I'm pretty sure that PCI Express is designed to accommodate 32 bit
> cards as well. So, yes, an older video adapter should work.
>
> Chuck Meins, Jr. (remove underscores) wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if such a beast exists? Can I leave the PCI Express
> > slot empty and use an old PCI graphics card instead?
> >
> I'm pretty sure that PCI Express is designed to accommodate 32 bit
> cards as well. So, yes, an older video adapter should work.
No, PCI Express is a completely new standard, so you can only use PCI
Express cards in the slots.
But the machine probably has standard PCI slots also.
Best regards,
Mikkel C. Simonsen
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