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- From: cdfannin@.ic.sunysb.edu (Chris D Fanning)
- Subject: Re: Where am I going wrong????
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.065339.4092@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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- Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
- References: <714078748snx@sugs.tware.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 06:53:39 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <714078748snx@sugs.tware.com> landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis) writes:
- >While some of the readers/responders of this news thread have
- >wandered off into the ozone, the basic question remains: How do
- >you access information about your non-PM session's virtual
- >screen?
- >
- >Part of the answer may be found in Chapter 14 (Video PDD) of the
- >OS/2 2.0 Technical Library: Physical Device Driver Reference. I
- >have not read the entire chapter yet, but it may hold the key to
- >the answer that Dave is searching for.
- >
- >--------------------------------------------
- >Hale Landis Ph 408-423-4017
- >tware!sugs!landis -or- landis@sugs.tware.com
- >--------------------------------------------
-
- I posted a question very similar to the one here. I have documentation
- from OS/2 1.1 and know about the 16-bit Vio calls. However, there have
- been many enhancements to them by version 1.3. The thing that I wanted
- to know was how to find out what the available screen modes were...
-
- Things I know you can do with the Vio calls is find out the type of display
- adapter you're using... this will answer my question on hardware that I'm
- familiar with, but what about XYZ's display card that runs 80x25 mode in
- 800x600 resolution? (What I wanted was to be able to generate cursor sizes
- based on the resolution of the screen (block cursor, overbar cursor, etc..)
- and the ability to use different text screen modes so I wouldn't have to
- create tables of information for every display mode and adapter..) Well,
- no one was able to help me.. but I'm sure it can be done because the little
- command line program "MODE" works just so well changing display modes.
-
- Ok, I'm done whining... what type of information are you looking for?
-
- (And, if anyone could lick my problem.. I'd REALLY appreciate it..!)
-
- Chris
- (Email to me might bounce... beware.)
-