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AVAILABLE: Tseng ET4000 W32i and W32p driver
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cornel@crl.com)
Tue Jan 16 09:29:51 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 10:43:19 GMT
From: cornel@crl.com
Reply-To: cornel@crl.com
Submitted by: Cornel Huth (cornel@crl.com)
Source: Cornel Huth (cornel@crl.com)
Date received: 1996 January 13
Date posted: 1996 January 16
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Driver Support Series
ET4 Small Fonts
W32P SMALL FONTS
Small fonts for ET4000 W32p cards, including Rev.D
Release: Immediate
Date: 13 January 1996
Contact: Cornel Huth
/e-mail: cornel@crl.com
San Antonio, Texas - TLIW32PM.NEW is a renamed TLIW32PM.DLL Tseng ET4000
W32i and W32p driver, including W32p revision D, that makes 1024x768 video
mode use small fonts (tested only at 256 colors).
If you've ever been at 800x600 and switched to 1024x768 you probably
noticed (or not!) that there's not much more space on the desktop.
This is because the fonts, dialogs, -- you name it, are set to a
bigger size. This pretty much nullifies the reason to use 1024x768,
if you ask me.
The driver, based on the 16-May-1995 version (Warp Connect release),
was processed through a Gigantor control box and modified to start
up in lots-of-room-on-desktop mode. If you want the big stuff back,
do the reverse of what is described next.
INSTALLING TLIW32PM.NEW
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- Requires
Warp 3.0 or later
Screwdriver
- Procedure
1. Locate your existing TLIW32PM.DLL file. This may be in boot:\, or
boot:\os2, or boot:\os2\dll (should be here).
2. Copy TLIW32PM.NEW to that directory.
3. Reboot. On restart, when the white box appears at the upper-left
of the screen (a few seconds after starting the OS/2 boot):
PRESS alt-F1
4. At the option screen:
PRESS c
for a command line. The command prompt appears a few seconds later.
5. Change to the directory with TLIW32PM.DLL:
cd \os2\dll
6. Rename the current driver and rename the new:
ren TLIW32PM.DLL TLIW32PM.OLD
ren TLIW32PM.NEW TLIW32PM.DLL
7, Exit the session to reboot:
exit
- Result
At the new boot, the desktop will have a smaller launchpad (thinner and
not as tall). The folder/icons are smaller, as is the icon text. Your
apps will have smaller dialogs, fonts, etc. The change is around
whatever 1024x768 is relative 800x600 (about 40% bigger), or like going
from a 15-inch screen to an 18-inch.
This driver, and any future updates. can be located at FTP site:
hobbes.nmsu.edu
in /os2/drivers. Filename is ET4SMALL.ZIP.
OTHER INFORMATION
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For more OS/2 stuff, from programmer toolkits like Bullet, a very fast
database library, to utilities like 40cid, for caller ID, to never
before seen on OS/2 applications (coming soon), check out the sites
listed next.
..........................................................................
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