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- From: galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Denis McKeon)
- Subject: Video 7 1024i card (was: Which mouse should I buy??????
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- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 17:32:45 GMT
- Organization: Connemara - Computing for People
- References: <1992Aug28.175304.16873@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Aug29.005740.8485@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Aug31.030034.10855@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug31.030034.10855@news.cs.brandeis.edu> branham@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
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- >P.P.S. Trying to run a full screen dos session of Design Cad 3D
- > this last week (not tried it under OS/2 before) with
- > my video 7 1024i video card selected with 256 color mode (640x480)
- > and it displays fine, except when I move the cursor I get
- > lots of snow and the picture jumps. I was told to try the
- > Mouse exclusivity option for the session, but it did not
- > seem to make any difference. Any suggestions?
-
- There is a message from Video 7 on their BBS (510-656-0503), thus:
-
- V7> ******* OS2 2.0 DRIVERS *********
- V7>
- V7> Use OS2 1.2 ver. Drivers with OS2 2.0. Please DO NOT use 1024x768 and
- V7> 640x480x256 color drivers. All other resolution drivers you may use.
-
- I've tried a few times to get SVGA modes (and recently the 800x600x16)
- to work with my 1024i card and all I've gotten is screen garbage (and
- had a darned hard time trying to 'shutdown' in the blind, too :-)).
-
- If anyone has any SVGA modes working on a Video 7 1024i card, could you
- please share what you have done to get SVGA to work with the 1024i?
- Email and I'll summarize, or post if you prefer.
-
- So far, what I've been trying is:
-
- install appropriate display.dll and monitor.dll files *
- svga on +
- reboot
-
- Config.sys lines with 'vga' in them are:
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- DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,E:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_VGA
- SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
- DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
-
- * the install procedure under boot manager is a bit of a pain, but I have
- it narrowed down to swapping LIBPATH= statements in the OS/2 config.sys.
- (One points at the V7 drivers before the normal ones, and the other doesn't.)
-
- The .DLL files that I have are from 1-22-90 - are there more recent ones?
- Did they come with the card, or did you download them from Video7's BBS?
- Does an monitor.dll for the NEC Multi-Sync 3D exist, or which other
- mon*.dll should be used?
-
- + is there some magic to invoke before 'svga on' that puts the video
- card into an svga mode ?
-
- Thanks in advance for any hints,
-
- --
- Denis McKeon Good. Fast. Cheap.
- galway@chtm.eece.unm.edu Pick two.
-