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- From: eln380s@fawlty6.eng.monash.edu.au (Goh Yan Pin)
- Subject: Re: Does 800x600x256 on the VGA part of a Graphics Ultra work under OS/2?
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Jul18.205156.4997@mustang.uucp> <1992Jul20.174848.7662@njitgw.njit.edu> <1992Jul21.150920.1103@mustang.uucp>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 04:09:21 GMT
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- mike@mustang.uucp (Mike Hoffos) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Jul20.174848.7662@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >>In article <1992Jul18.205156.4997@mustang.uucp> mike@mustang.uucp (Mike Hoffos) writes:
- >>>Under MS-DOS 5.0, I frequently used gif viewers that allowed me to use
- >>>the 800x600x256 mode that the VGA portion of the ATI Graphics Ultra offers.
- >>>
- >>>No matter what I do though, OS/2 just doesn't like to let the same
- >>>programs in a DOS full-screen session go into the mode. When they try
- >>>to enter 800x600x256, all that happens is that the screen stays in text
- >>>mode, but the colors get all funny. When you give the keystroke that
- >>>would get you out of the picture viewing mode, the screen corrects itself.
- >>
- >>Did you install the VSVGA.SYS driver into CONFIG.SYS? I thought svga
- >>on does that automatically, but it might not have. Go into CONFIG.SYS
- >>and be sure that the reference to VVGA.SYS isn't there (or is
- >>commented off) and that VSVGA.SYS is there.
- >>
- >>--
- >> |) David Charlap "I don't even represent myself
- >> /|_ dic5340@hertz.njit.edu sometimes so NJIT is right out!.
- >> ((|,)
- >> ~|~ Hi! I am a .signature virus, copy me into your .signature file.
-
- >Yep, I did do svga on; it did nothing. And my config.sys does have
- >the vsvga.sys there. My question still stands; does anyone with an
- >Ultra get 800x600x256 in a DOS full-screen session if a program tries to
- >fiddle the VGA portion into the mode?
-
- >Mike Hoffos
-
- >--
- >mike@mustang.cuc.ab.ca | WANTED: A 360x360 dpi 24-pin DVI
- >mhoffos@cuug.ab.ca (not quite reliable) | driver that compiles under UNIX.
- >THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY BLANK | Mail me if you have one!
- > Proudly on the bleeding edge with ESIX SVR4.0.3!
-
- Yes, I can get 800x600x256 in DOS fullscreen. I have VSVGA.SYS in my config.sys
- and I also ran SVGA ON and rebooted. However, I got a problem too. I cannot
- get 800x600x256 in a DOS windows on desktop. And whenever I set SVGA ON, my
- DOS text windows becomes funny. It only has 80x25 and no matter what I do I
- cannot get it to resize to 80x25. Any ideas?
-
-
- Yan Pin GOH eln380s@fawlty7.eng.monash.edu.au
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