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Source: Adrian Gschwend (ktk@netlabs.org)
Moderator: Dirk Terrell (admin@os2ss.com)
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This weekend I got Beta 5 of SDD/2 working on my system. I did several
testings and I would like to share my experience with you. BTW: I am
using SDD/2 on an old system with a P133, 16MB RAM and a Matrox
Mystique with 2MB Video Memory. I used the Matrox Driver until now and
I was very disapointed about DIVE performance, I also had a lot of
problems with the Matrox driver. Until now SDD/2 works just great, the
system is stable until now (and I already did a lot of testings).

For sure the most interesting stuff to test is DIVE performance, I
found some very nice DIVE applications for OS/2:

- SysBench, the ultimate Benchmark for OS/2 download it at
http://warped.cswnet.com/Sysbench and try it before and after you
installed SDD/2, you won't believe it :))

- MAME for OS/2, the great arcade emulator for OS/2. Actually I have
some problems with it but I'm sure it will be much faster than without
SDD/2. Maybe it works on your machine. Get the new release at
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/emulator/mame-os235b11.zip

- At Hobbes I found HElliZER by Queue Members Group AD, a very cool
demo which was 2nd place at Enlight'96. It is using DIVE and I was very
surprised about the performance on my old machine!! Get it and enjoy
it! URL: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/multimedia/demos/hellizer.zip

- B.U.G.S., still the one and only 2D shoot'em up game for OS/2, I just
love it. You can get a demoversion at
http://www.stardock.com/products/bugs/, it runs very fast and without
color problems with SDD/2. BTW: The game is very cheap so don't
forget to register it :)

- Hexen/2, the port of Jostein Ullestad is using DIVE, I haven't tested
it until now becuase I don't have any WAD-Files. But it should also be
much faster than before. Get it at
http://www.powerutilities.no/hexen2.html

- PUSaver, a cool ScreenSaver with some nice DIVE plugins (don't forget
to download them separately). Get it at
http://www.powerutilities.no/screensvr.html

- Koules/2, a very cool game. It's hard to describe, just try it!
Freeware and available at
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/games/action/koulesb3.zip


Upcoming ports which will be available soon:

- a new DOOM port based on the MGL Library for OS/2 (MGL Library is a
SVGA library to do fullscreen programming on OS/2, get it at
http://www.scitechsoft.com/dp_mgl.html)

- UAE/2 the OS/2 port of the well known Amiga Emulator. The port will
be available at OS/2 Netlabs (http://www.netlabs.org) in the near
future.
The first version is using DIVE but the author will also provide a MGL
version as soon as possible

- MAME for OS/2 will also be available in a MGL version as soon as the
library is working without problems.


That's it, download the stuff and enjoy the great performance with
SciTech DisplayDoctor for OS/2!

For all of you who don't know it yet: SDD/2 is a display driver for a
lot of different chipsets. DIVE/EnDIVE support and a lot of other cool
features are included in this package. You can get a trialversion at
http://www.scitechsoft.com/. 

And for sure a big THANK YOU to SciTech for the great work they are
doing!

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