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- From: M.E.Bennun@CEN.EX.AC.UK
- Subject: Re: NB4 arrival: Laptop display problem
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- In-Reply-To: <29797.9210080806@cen.ex.ac.uk>; from "RANDALL D. WIGHT" at Oct
- 8,92 1:34 am
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- Quoth Randall D. Wright:
-
- >
- > 1. I use primarily a 386SX laptop. The trouble is that the uncompressed
- > screen setting fails to give me that last three to four lines of text, help
- > overlays, and menus. When I type to the bottem of the screen, the
- > characters disappear behind the horizon, reappearing if several hard
- > returns are entered. With regard to the menus and help screens, I have no
- > access whatsoever to the hidden lines. None of the preceding occurs when I
- > use NB4 on the XT attached to the printer. Suggestions?
- >
-
- LCD's can give bovver and aggro till you get them right. My experience
- is as below, for what it's worth.
-
- You must use the correct settings for the display; the List must be
- sick of my views on this, so I'll sum up by saying that you should
- chose a display mode of the correct size (cols & lines) by going into
- the PC's Manual and the dos Manual and seeing what they suggest. It's
- hard to generalise, I have found, as different manufacturers do
- different things (some use Eagle, some use brand-specific versions of
- MD-DOS with their own added commands, and the native v. 5 itself now
- has a useful set of MODE commands which MAY be adequate) and they
- should be used in the correct combination. The problem is totally
- solvable (soluble?)....
-
- My personal solution has been to run NB in mono (to get literal
- underlining) and with a setting which seems to be classed as "7", when
- you've hunted it down with the aid of various Manuals. Then I've used
- the most congenial MACHINE PALETTE # setting (a Zenith-specific tweak
- to DOS v. 5 ).
-
- Get back to me off the list if you think I can help further:
- MEBennun@uk.ac.exeter.cen
-
- Here in deepest, darkest Devon it's a pleasant, mild, bright-cloudy,
- almost warm morning. Seriously autumnal; the colours are getting to be
- absolutely spectacular according to Herself of the chutney recipes,
- but the trouble is I can't really see them - when they want a good
- laugh with Ishihara tests they call me in....
-
- But there's a blackbird talking quietly to himself outside my window,
- and that's a big comfort.
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- Mervyn E. Bennun, Law Department, University of Exeter
- Phone: (+44) (0) 392 263 161
- Postal Address: Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RJ, Devon, U.K.
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