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- >>>>> "kurtg" == Kurt R Glaesemann <kurtg@iastate.edu> writes:
-
- kurtg> With installing 1.99f/DOS (deleted all previous files) I
- kurtg> discovered that my gateway 2000 496 monitor would no longer
- kurtg> do 256 colors.
-
- Interesting. We completely revamped our graphics support for 1.99f to
- throw away a third party graphics library we were using and talk
- directly to the VESA driver (which seems to be noticeably faster). If
- you don't have a VESA driver, Executor allows you to use <= 16 colors
- in standard VGA modes. Our old graphics library wouldn't allow you to
- use some non-VESA boards at all, even in 16 color VGA mode.
-
- Please bear with us as we try to battle through the nightmare that is
- PC video board drivers. That's one of the reasons we are shipping
- experimental releases. What sort of graphics board do you have? Does
- it claim to be VESA?
-
- I don't recall if we've mentioned it, but with 1.99f under DOS you can
- try "executor -bpp 4 -size 1024x768", "executor -bpp 8 -size 924x615",
- etc. It tries hard to support whatever screen sizes you throw at it,
- although your setup will of course look best if you choose a screen
- size exactly matching one your video board supports (otherwise
- Executor will center the Mac screen in the SVGA screen).
-
- I'll look into the 2 bpp problems you mentioned; they should only crop
- up with non-VESA boards.
-
- Thanks for the bug reports; these are how Executor gets better.
-
- -Mat
-
-