| From: | Michael M. Rye |
| Date: | 29 Jan 2000 at 15:03:17 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: gfx cards |
From: "Michael M. Rye" <mrye@execpc.com>
"Brian E. Doe" <bdoe@lemoorenet.com> wrote:
> MMR> I can't get my Spectrum to work properly at all in any
> MMR> mode, with either P96 v2 or CGX v3.
> What is it doing, and what is your system setup?
System setup is shown in my signature. Add the Spectrum card
to that. I'm running a "plain jane" OS 3.5 install with all
hacks/patches/enhancements removed.
> This is what I did: I plugged the Spectrum into an empty
> ZorroII slot. Then plugged a VGA monitor into it (Keeping
> my 1084 on the Amiga's video port).
How come you're not using the pass-thru port ???
> I booted as normal, and installed P96. Note: According to
> its documentation, you should remove any and all RTG
> libraries and API's you may have installed. This includes
> the Spectrum's software.
I never had any installed in the first place since this
Spectrum is the very first gfx card I've ever owned for an
Amiga. Clean system in that regard.
> After installing P96, I rebooted the computer. I then went
> to ScreenModes Prefs and selected the Spectrum:640x480x16bit
> mode and pressed SAVE.
You didn't use Picasso96Mode _FIRST_ and "Attach Settings To
Monitor" selection ????
> The workbench shifted over to my VGA monitor.
> Now, the display, while viewable, wasn't quite right, so I
> loaded Picasso96 Prefs, and tweaked all the video mode
> settings until each one displayed perfectly.
That's almost exactly what I did, except I attached the
settings to the Spectrum first. Rebooted again and then
continued on with the screen mode selection. That's where
my problems lie.
Mode: 800x600x16bit
Problems: 1) Mode too big to fit on my picture tube, so that
needs adjusting, but I'll do that later.
2) Icons drawn at random all over the screen. Most
of them are even split vertically (top piece in
one place, and bottom piece in another place on
the screen).
3) Text shows up as black rectangles, unreadable.
4) Mouse pointer is a big, square, moveable block
instead of my usual arrow.
I'm totally stuck, and beginning to think that it's hardware
related. That really sucks 'cause it means I'll have to
return the card and the Zorro board, which won't make my
dealer very happy. That's just too bad, though, 'cause I
wanna refund for stuff that doesn't work.
I'm fresh out of ideas as I've tried everything I can think
of to get it working.
Anyone have any ideas ?
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