On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 07:58:42AM -0500, Robert Gray wrote: > Far as I know they'll only do what they can do. The latest drivers > are the latest drivers. You're right about the 20/20; it's > impossible to design software for hardware that's not even on the
For creating graphics modes, a driver which queries the monitor and uses the information properly should work with any monitor cabable of handling what the graphics card can handle. I suspect they were set up for specific monitors and don't actually use the information like a modern driver does. > drawing board. Free support forever is not likely to happen. A > company can divert only so much money and manpower at the front end > or the back end to produce a free item and still remain competitive > with their current products. If they had done the driver properly, it should not care how new a monitor is, since the math for calculating a graphics mode has not changed. If they had created the ability to enter timing information manually, that would be even better. Then no one would have to divert money and manpower at all. > If they allow anyone to change their drivers then they get blamed > when someone passes along an altered driver that destroy another > persons hardware. In general, that just makes support headaches for > the manufacturer. Nah, too many drivers do this for me to believe it's a valid excuse. In the UNIX world, you had to create timing manually for many years. But, that was mostly because no one had bothered to write software to create the timings. There are a number of utility programs to create graphics mode timing when given a few simple parameters about your monitor and graphics card. All we need is a way to get that information into the drivers. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
