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- From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: So how do I get 256 colors now?
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:40:09 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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- Message-ID: <sal8.163.721514409@po.cwru.edu>
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- In article <1689B11793.CJR10@CCCVM.CCC.AMDAHL.COM> cjr10@cccvm.ccc.amdahl.com (Chris Russell) writes:
- >From: cjr10@cccvm.ccc.amdahl.com (Chris Russell)
- >Subject: Re: So how do I get 256 colors now?
- >Date: 11 Nov 92 03:52:44 GMT
-
- [correct method to install video drivers deleted]
-
- >Now Gary Hennigan suggested using just DSPINSTL from an OS/2 prompt.
- >I read that too late to try it myself, but sounds like a good short-
- >cut.
-
- It would be if it worked. DSPINSTL won't copy all those font files you
- noticed getting changed. This will make just about all onscreen text look
- like crap.
-
- >I saved a DIR /S listing before and after my procedure and compared.
- >I found that some font files had changed (HELV, TIMES, COURIER) and
- >gotten larger. I don't know if it picked these off of the GA disks
- >or the CSD disks. Anyone know? It also replaced IBMVGA32.DLL and
-
- They're off of the GA disks.
-
- >IBMDEV32.DLL (which could only have come from the CSD). Also, we
- >added WSPDT480.DRV and WSST480.DRV (or something like that, my
- >post-it is a little fuzzy where I wrote that done).
- >
- >My SWAPPER.DAT runs a little large now (I saw it around 8M when I
- >had a few things open). So it goes. I'm happy. Thanks to those who
- >offered advice on this.
- >
-
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- Steve Luzynski @ Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH
- sal8@po.cwru.edu | voice calls cheerlessly accepted at x2153.
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- current mental status: more or less at peace with the world, all things
- considered.
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- this post was written while i should have been doing homework. therefore,
- you are indirectly responsible for my current gpa, such as it is.
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