[WarpCast] SciTech takes preorders for SDD/2 now! - 2/10/99




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Source: Nenad Milenkovic (nenad@fon.fon.bg.ac.yu)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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In a post in support newsgroup, people from SciTech 
annonuced that they are taking pre-orders for SDD/2 now, 
since next Alpha is not ready yet and the first one is 
about to expire. They also posted a list of what is changed
and improved in their current build:

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Dear OS/2 Beta Tester,

We have been working very hard on getting the next beta
release of SciTech Display Doctor completed, and ready
for testing. However the next release probably won't be 
ready for a week or so we are in the process of running
our QA tests on all our new chipset drivers. Many of you
who have been testing the product from the start, probably
know that the 21-day trial period is about to expire.
Until we get the next beta out, you will have to uninstall
the product and revert back to your original display 
drivers.

However there is another option. Later in the week we will
be opening our online store for taking pre-orders of the
OS/2 version of the product. You can also order the product
starting tomorrow if you email/fax/phone in your order
using the OS/2 order forms. You can download the order

forms from:

 ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/order-os2.txt
 ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/order-os2.wri

Due to popular demand from our international customers, we
have changed the pricing structure for the OS/2 product so
that you can order an electronic only version for $36.95,
or order the version with disk and manual for $39.95. If
you order the disk and manual, you will be sent a 
registration code immediately, followed by the disk and
manual for the GA release of the product.

So, why not show your support for SciTech's OS/2 products
and pre-order your copy of SDD/2 today!

New News:
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Some of you are probably wondering what have we been
working on, and what stuff has been fixed in the coming
beta. Well the following partial list should satisfy your
curiosity:

 . Added mechanism to select small or large fonts for our
   GRADD drivers.

 . Lines are now fully accelerated. The previous beta did
   not accelerate line drawing, which shows up in benchmark
   scores.

 . Nearly complete on the OS/2 display properties page
   replacement, so you can select all the cool new
   display modes that SDD for OS/2 provides.

 . Fixed the hardware cursor problem when changing from
   mono to color cursors, leaving the mono cursor visible
   on the screen.

 . Fixed the problem of restoring the PM desktop when
   coming back from fullscreen OS/2 sessions that
   program the hardware directly (ie: XFree86/2).

 . Added support for the Matrox Millenium and Millenium II.
   Also lots of updates and fixes for the Mystique, G100
   and G200.

 . Lots of new full Nucleus chipset drivers coming,
   including ATI, Cirrus, Macronix, SiS, IGS and more.
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