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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: So how do I get 256 colors now?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.222612.25689@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
- Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <GHENNIGA.92Nov9145152@ampere.ampere>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:26:12 GMT
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- ghenniga@NMSU.Edu wrote:
- > >Well the service pack installed just fine. Now the problem I'm
- > >working on is trying to get 640x480x256 on my ET4000 (Renoir)
- > >card. I don't have a Welcome folder. If I go into System Setup
- > >it says that I'm running SVGA, but I don't see on option
- > >anywhere there for changing the screen resolution (or tell me
- > >what I'm running now, which I presume is 640x480x16). The
- > >README's all talk around this. Would one of you experts who have
- > >figured this out give me a clue or two?
- >
- > Run DSPINSTL from an OS/2 command line prompt. The program is
- > located in the the subdirectory \OS2\INSTALL. There is a way to do it
- > from the Selective Install but this is much simpler! Have the last two
- > diskettes of the service pak handy!
-
- No, run Selective Install. It gets the fonts right and solves some problems
- with invisible notebook tabs. The SVGA is generic SVGA I presume -
- 640x480x16 or something. Once you have installed the SPP ET4000 drivers it
- will save TSENG SVGA.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-