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OS/2 Warp 3 Graphics Card Selection Input?

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Marc Galloway:
I have a machine with 16-bit ISA slots and I'm looking to install OS/2 WARP Version 3. What would some graphics card recommendations be as I know driver support was always an issue with OS/2 that didn't get better to WARP 4. Been searching for a compatibility matrix for what drivers where included in WARP 3 but having a hard time tracking that down.

Mentore:

--- Quote from: Marc Galloway on April 20, 2023, 07:34:02 am ---I have a machine with 16-bit ISA slots and I'm looking to install OS/2 WARP Version 3. What would some graphics card recommendations be as I know driver support was always an issue with OS/2 that didn't get better to WARP 4. Been searching for a compatibility matrix for what drivers where included in WARP 3 but having a hard time tracking that down.

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Having only ISA slots is both a problem and an advantage, since it's a dead market but most if not all ISA graphics cards are supported.

You may find useful the SNAP graphics driver, which were released as freeware years ago:
here https://ecsoft2.org/scitech-snap-graphics you'll find the package description, which contains also a list of the supported adapters.

Mentore

Andi B.:
IIRC it was a trident ISA card I used with Warp 3. It was able to produce 1024 x 768 with the trident drivers.  Which was astonishing good at that time.

Martin Iturbide:
Welcome Mark

I have limited list of adapters that was supported by SNAP here: https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Video_Cards

Regards

Dave Yeo:
Need FP35 with Warp 3 for SNAP support.
Seems I first used a Cirrus Logic card with Warp V3, possibly CL-GD5446. Then an ATI card, MACH64? Can't remember if it was ISA as well.

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