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Re: Background Color



Mat Hostetter wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Link8452" == Link8452  <Link8452@aol.com> writes:
> 
>     Link8452> Dear ARDI, I think it was said before that the
>     Link8452> background color (white line around the edges) of
>     Link8452> Executor would be able to be changed or a new version of
>     Link8452> UniVBE would fix the problem. Although I might have just
>     Link8452> been hoping that it could be, but anyway can it be
>     Link8452> fixed. It is very annoying; and since I need it to run
>     Link8452> certain programs, it hate to have that line show up when
>     Link8452> I'm showing off Executor to friends. If it is not that
>     Link8452> hard to fix I think it would be worth while to do so
>     Link8452> before or shortly after the release of E2. :)
> 
> It would be extremely difficult for us to fix, since the VESA VBE
> video driver standard provides no way to set the border color.  The
> old-style VGA technique of setting the border color doesn't work in
> SVGA video modes.
> 
> Long ago someone from SciTech said they they would probably make
> SciTech Display Doctor 5.2 would always display a black screen border.
> However, I'm not sure if they ever got around to doing this.
> 
> Is anyone out there running SDD 5.2 and still getting the annoying
> white screen border?
> 
> -Mat

Yes, it still displays the annoying white border. It also won't properly
support any low-resolution modes for my VERY standard Diamond Stealth
64 video card.


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