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- From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
- Subject: Re: 8514 & Scrambled/Clipped fonts
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.173402.27793@unixg.ubc.ca>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:34:02 GMT
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- In article <14jurlINNd2d@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> urbndv8@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Bleeding Rivets) writes:
- >
- >Problem: change from VGA to 8514/A mode using Selective Install and then
- >all proportional fonts are mangled ... lose parts at the end, especially
- >in icon text, and some characters in some programs are mangled.
- >
- >Tech Support at Boca helped me out ... it seems
- >Selective Install tries to change the font files when you go to an 8514,
- >but fails because of course they are in use.
- >
- >So a complete reinstall will do the trick (and did) ... also, unpacking
- >the fonts whereever they are on the install disks and booting from floppy
- >and copying over should do it.
-
- which files need to be unpacked?
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