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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA19677 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:38:45 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id SAA00943; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 18:38:44 -0600 Received: from gwar.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0stlGL-000YdaC; Fri, 15 Sep 95 18:37 MDT Received: by gwar.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0stlGL-000GVEC; Fri, 15 Sep 95 18:37 MDT Message-Id: <m0stlGL-000GVEC@gwar.ardi.com> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 95 18:37 MDT From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter) To: Jared@cyberspace.com Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: executor-svga-1.08 a.out works on S3-805 In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950915170849.89C-100000@Ender.cyberspace.com> References: <m0stGTA-000GVEC@gwar.ardi.com> <Pine.LNX.3.91.950915170849.89C-100000@Ender.cyberspace.com> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Jared" == Jared Roberts <root@dontmailhere.cyberspace.com> writes: Jared> On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, Mat Hostetter wrote: >> This probably means that SVGAlib doesn't support 8 bits per >> pixel on your setup, so Executor is using the old-style 4 bpp >> planar VGA graphics. It's the best it can do. Jared> Hmm... I have the same problem, and I can run DOOM just Jared> fine. Or did that suddenly become a 16-color game? :^) DOOM runs in 320x200 at 8 bits per pixel, which is an old-style VGA mode, not a SuperVGA mode. Larger screen sizes require SVGA modes, which requires board-specific driver support. We *could* let Executor run in 320x200x8 mode, but it would look incredibly bad. -Mat