From opensuse Fri May 08 06:24:48 2009 From: Felix Miata Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 06:24:48 +0000 To: opensuse Subject: Re: [opensuse] ATI question Message-Id: <4A03D030.4090807 () ij ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=opensuse&m=124176389514630 On 2009/05/08 00:22 (GMT-0500) David C. Rankin composed: > Felix Miata wrote: >> My display has only two functional dimensions.... > You are probably using an LCD display, The 3rd dimension to monitors has > practically disappeared in the past 4-5 years. It's still there, just smaller;-) LCD displays have exactly the same number of functional dimensions as CRT displays - 2. > ...I was running Lotus Magellan on DOS 4.1... I had Magellan installed, but rarely used it. I found NC more useful, and still find FC/2, FC/W, FC/L & MC far more useful than any GUI file manager. The only reason I switched from DesqView to OS/2 was to facilitate internet access, which I managed to hold off until 1997. Even now I do more than half my work in OS/2, in part to run a DOS "swiss army knife" (Quattro Pro spreadsheet). I've sampled GUI spreadsheets, and found all grossly inferior to the 132 column monospace text modes. Linux I added much later, in part to work into an expected future migration from OS/2, in part to run Apache and host local file backups. I make good use of tools I already know how to use, and find little time to try to learn new ones. Productivity is job one. Bling is for kids. Back to topic: All my PCIe cards are ATI X600, nearly the last chip supported natively by good OS/2 drivers, and the only PCIe gfxcard class that supports my main productivity tool via its legacy BIOS components. -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org