>Dear List,
>Having seen the recent discussion about frame grabbers, perhaps someone may
>have a clue for us about our video board...
>
> We recently got set up with the BioRad 1024 system running LaserSharp 2.1a
>under OS/2 on Compaq Pentiums. We have one of these computers as a stand
>alone unit so that people can run the LaserSharp Processing module
>(and other PC based image analysis and preparation) without interupting the
>use of the confocal itself. The computer has been fitted with a Matrox
>Millenium MGA video board, which allows high resolution display of OS/2
>programs really well, including the LaserSharp Processing. The problem is
>that you cannot go to a DOS or Windows session under these video settings:
>if you do, the system crashes totally, resulting in the monitor being
>turned off !! (Dos and Windows work fine under OS/2 with a stadard VGA
>driver). All this clearly has got something to do with the Matrox driver -
>all I am wondering about here is if anyone has got a similar set-up to
>work, and if so which version of the driver they have used...

Sounds like an OS2 problem.  I have a Matrox Millenium running under
Win 95 and DOS sessions are fine, using 24 or 32 bit colour depth, 1024*
768 pixels etc.

By the way, further to my previous posting about the Matrox Meteor I've
now heard that it WON'T run with a Pentium Pro.  (I'm using a fast Pentium).

                                                        Guy Cox

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