Re:Win16 Retro Development
by tomcam on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:22PM
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> Wasn’t Windows back then dependent on vendor supplied device specific display drivers for anything above basic VGA?
In theory, yes, but the reality was starkly different as I recall (I worked there in the late 90s). In my experience, Microsoft was doing a ton of heavy lifting helping vendors with device drivers.
In theory, yes, but the reality was starkly different as I recall (I worked there in the late 90s). In my experience, Microsoft was doing a ton of heavy lifting helping vendors with device drivers.