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- 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: <1992Jul27.201705.12912@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <2178337@overmind.citadel> <1992Jul26.200231.12787@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Jul27.185354.5762@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:17:05 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1992Jul27.185354.5762@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul26.200231.12787@ee.ubc.ca> tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen) writes:
- >>
- >>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?
- >
- >Well, that's a different story! If it doesn't work from DOS, either,
- >it probably means that you haven't configured the card. Did you run
- >the INSTALL program that comes with it (on the first driver disk)?
- >When you do, there should be a section for configuring the card. Be
- >sure that the monitor type has been selected properly. If you select
- >a monitor that doesn't support 800x600, the card will refuse to
- >activate that mode. Two common settings are:
- >
- >NEC Multisync 3D - 800x600, and 1024x768 interlaced
- >NEC Multisync 4D - 800x600, and 1024x768 non-interlaced.
- >
- >I always advise people to pick one of these two if the card doesn't
- >have an exact match on its list. Note that if you pick a monitor with
- >more capability than the one you have installed, the card will let you
- >select a resolution you can't display, which could cause problems.
- >
- >Note also, that the NEC Multisync 2A will NOT support 1024x768.
- >
- >
- >
- >--
- > |) 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 have run the INSTALL program, and have configured my monitor (MAG MX17)
- using the custom monitor selection. I've also used the 'Testing Card'
- selection in the install menu, and all 8514/a modes work correctly, as
- well as all the given resolutions. The 800x600x16 DOES work, both in
- the test section and VPIC, but the 800x600x256 isn't in the test menu so I
- can't test it there. In addition, 1024x768x16 doesn't work in VPIC either.
-
- Ted
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