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- Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!ubc-cs!fs1.ee.ubc.ca!tedc
- From: tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen)
- Subject: Re: Does 800x600x256 on the VGA part of a Graphics Ultra work under OS/2?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.200231.12787@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <2178337@overmind.citadel>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:02:31 GMT
- Lines: 30
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- In article <2178337@overmind.citadel> hertz.njit.edu!dic5340@overmind.mind.org writes:
- >In article <1992Jul21.150920.1103@mustang.uucp> mike@mustang.uucp (Mike
- >Hoffos) writes:
- >
- >>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?
- >
- >Well, I don't have an Ultra, but I have a VGA Wonder. So...
- >
- >If you're using an sVGA program, make sure it's configured as an ATI
- >VGA Wonder-compatible program.
- >
- >If you use the Ultra's accelerated graphics mode, be sure you
- >installed the HDILOAD.COM program which came with the Ultra. The
- >accelerator isn't accessible to most DOS programs without it.
- >
- >--
- > |) 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.
-
- I haven't been able to get the Graphics Ultra into 800x600x256 mode using
- the VGA portion of the card, in DOS full screen. It doesn't even work if
- if I boot from a DOS 5.0 floppy and try going into that mode (VPIC). Wonder
- what's happening?
-
- Ted
-