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- From: ls116@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Lei Shao)
- Subject: Re: AfterDark incompatibilities ????
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.205104.23791@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: ls116@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Lei Shao)
- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <8948@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:51:04 GMT
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- In article <8948@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> amichael@edison.seas.ucla.edu (Michael A. Chu) writes:
- >Hi,
- >
- > I was wondering if someone can help me. I am new to this newsgroup so
- >please don't flame me if this has been asked before.
- >
- > My problem is with the Afterdark Screen Saver and my video adapter/monitor.
- >Some if the modules seem to do bad things to the colors when running Windows.
- >Most of the time when the screen saver comes on and I hit a key to get back to
- >Windows the screen is in black and white. I think it is a problem with After
- >Dark since it only happens with it. I've already tried contacting the makers
- >of After Dark and they gave me the run around. Finally, they said it must be
- >the VGA card. I would have liked to have talked to the place where I bought
- >the computer, but I guess the economy has forced them out of business. I
- >think the card is a 1 Meg Paradise Card though. Is there anyway of fixing
- >this ?? Is anyone else have similar problems, since I thought Paradise was
- >a pretty popular video card ???? Please help if you can.
- >
- Make sure that the video driver you are using supports 256 color mode. As far
- as I know, paradise only has 256 color drivers in 640x480 and 800x600 mode.
- I'm using the 1024x768x16 driver. So if I use those AfterDark modules requiring
- 256 colors, my screen will go to B&W after I return to windows. I've tried to
- use those modules with the 256 color drivers and they worked fine. Since I like
- 1024x768 resolution a lot and 16 colors is OK for me, so my solution with this
- problem is just not to use those 256 color modules coming with AfterDark.
- Hope this help.
-
- >Thanks in advance,
- >
- Good luck.
-
- >Michael
- >
- >(amichael@seas.ucla.edu)
- Lei Shao
- ls116@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
-