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- From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: ?Normal? -- No SCREEN tab in SYSTEM
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:43:52 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
- Lines: 32
- Message-ID: <sal8.144.721003432@po.cwru.edu>
- References: <1992Nov5.033138.17125@husc15.harvard.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov5.033138.17125@husc15.harvard.edu> lee@husc15.harvard.edu writes:
- >From: lee@husc15.harvard.edu
- >Subject: ?Normal? -- No SCREEN tab in SYSTEM
- >Date: 5 Nov 92 08:31:38 GMT
- >
- >My SPP installation went through smoothly
- >Then I tried to change my screen mode from the plain VGA to something better.
- >Openning up the selective install already had SVGA as my primary screen.
- >I wasn't able to change anything there.
- >
- >Then I looked up the master help index to change resolution, which says:
- >open up OS/2 system foler, go to SYSTEM SETUP, go to SYSTEM, and open up
- >the SCREEN tab. I couldn't find the SCREEN tab. Am I doing something wrong?
- >Or is this normal?
- >
- >BTW, I am using 14+2 5.25" diskettes. My VGA card is BOCA's SVGA
- >with 512K. This one is before the NCR's era, ie, TSENG 4000 based card.
- >One more may-be related thing: my SPP installation didn't use
- >the second diskette of the 2 display service disketts.
- >Any suggestion?
-
- The instructions there are wrong. You need to use selective install.
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