sylvain@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( SYLVAIN GINGRAS ) (03/15/90)
I once saw in a store MS-Windows running in 1024x768 mode on an ATI-VGA Wonder. I played with it and really enjoyed being able to put so many open windows at once on the screen. The only problem came about when I tried Windows Write. The default font was awfully small (almost invisible). Using the Enlarge Font command would not help, I would then get only a few characters per line on the screen (and on the printer). As I am about to purchase that card, I was wondering if anyone has ever used Windows in 1024x768 (or higher resolution) and found a solution to the above problem. Thanks in advance for your replies. Sylvain Gingras.
hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft) (03/16/90)
In article <1930@clyde.concordia.ca>, sylvain@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( SYLVAIN GINGRAS ) writes: > I once saw in a store MS-Windows running in 1024x768 mode on an ATI-VGA > Wonder. I played with it and really enjoyed being able to put so many > open windows at once on the screen. The only problem came about when I > tried Windows Write. The default font was awfully small (almost invisible). > Using the Enlarge Font command would not help, I would then get only a few > characters per line on the screen (and on the printer). > > As I am about to purchase that card, I was wondering if anyone has ever used > Windows in 1024x768 (or higher resolution) and found a solution to the above > problem. Thanks in advance for your replies. > I suspect that it's been installed with the VGA (or EGA) screen fonts. If you install it with the screen fonts for the IBM 8514 screen (which I think is 1024x768) you should get very nicely formed characters on the screen. -- Roger Hadgraft | hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au Lecturer in Civil Engineering | phone: +61 3 565 4983 Monash University | fax: +61 3 565 3409 Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia. |
rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (Dale Rogerson) (03/17/90)
In article <19108.2600c229@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft) writes: >In article <1930@clyde.concordia.ca>, sylvain@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( SYLVAIN GINGRAS ) writes: >> I once saw in a store MS-Windows running in 1024x768 mode on an ATI-VGA >> Wonder. I played with it and really enjoyed being able to put so many >> open windows at once on the screen. The only problem came about when I >I suspect that it's been installed with the VGA (or EGA) screen fonts. If you >install it with the screen fonts for the IBM 8514 screen (which I think is >1024x768) you should get very nicely formed characters on the screen. -- >Roger Hadgraft | hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au I did this and the fonts are really nice. Although they may even be a little on the big size. I am planning to take a look at the .FON files and see if I cannot make a font that is inbetween the 8514 font and the set #6 fonts which are designed for 640x480 displays. However, this will work for the time being. -----Dale Rogerson-----
tomer@rainbow.wbst128.xerox.com (Shmuel Tomer) (03/20/90)
I am using an ATI-VGA Wonder card (in a Gateway 386/20 machine, 4MB RAM, 65 MB hdd). I have a serious performance problem when using Windows (either 286 or 386) in the 1024x768 mode, using the driver provided by ATI, revision 1.03. Two operations in particular take unreasonable time. Moving a window around on the screen results in a VERY slow repainting of the window - this take between 10 to 30 (!) seconds. Scrolling a text editor (notepad, write etc.) by a single line, either using arrow keys or by clicking on the arrows in the scroll bar, is also VERY slow. In contrast, stretching a window is done reasonably fast (though not as fast as in the standard VGA mode) to the point that the best way to move a window is to stretch two sides or two corners. Also, paging through a file (page up/down buttons or clicking on the scrollbar) is reasonably fast. I called ATI and was told that it wasn't me - that's the way it works, and they can do nothing about it until Microsoft comes up with Windows that has a larger buffer (?). Yet, I can't imagine anybody actually using Windows with this kind of performance. Does anybody experience the same problems, or, better yet, does anybody know of a way to improve the situation? Any information will be appreciated. Shmuel Tomer.wbst128@Xerox.COM
richc@vaxwaller.UUCP (Rich Commins) (03/21/90)
In article <19108.2600c229@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>, hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft) writes: > In article <1930@clyde.concordia.ca>, sylvain@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( SYLVAIN GINGRAS ) writes: > > I once saw in a store MS-Windows running in 1024x768 mode on an ATI-VGA > > tried Windows Write. The default font was awfully small (almost invisible). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Using the Enlarge Font command would not help, I would then get only a few ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I suspect that it's been installed with the VGA (or EGA) screen fonts. If you > install it with the screen fonts for the IBM 8514 screen (which I think is > 1024x768) you should get very nicely formed characters on the screen. I tried MS-Windows 386 in 1024x768 resolution and also found the size of the font a strain and the eyes. I now use 800x600 resolution and can live with its small size. My questions: 1. What is the Enlarge Font command? 2. How do you change the default font? -- -- Rich Commins (415)939-2400 \ /\ Varian Instruments, 2700 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 \/--\ {ptsfa,lll-crg,zehntel,dual,amd,fortune,ista,rtech,csi,normac}varian!richc
oberst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel J. Oberst) (03/23/90)
Is anyone running windows with drivers for the IBM 8514-A adapter? Every six months or so I try and get the drivers and I'm still waiting. Do they exist?
wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM) (03/23/90)
In article <14758@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> oberst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel J. Oberst) writes: >Is anyone running windows with drivers for the IBM 8514-A adapter? >Every six months or so I try and get the drivers and I'm still waiting. >Do they exist? Is your question about finding drivers that work with your particular system or if IBM 8514-A drivers even exist. I think they do and I think they even come with the latest versions of windows 2.1x. (COMMENTS????) Dean Wallwey
gerten@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de (Rainer Gerten) (03/27/90)
In article <14758@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> oberst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel J. Oberst) writes: >Is anyone running windows with drivers for the IBM 8514-A adapter? >Every six months or so I try and get the drivers and I'm still waiting. >Do they exist? Yes, they exist for Windows 286 from Version 2.10 up and Windows 386 from Version 2.11. I have both Windows and it works with the 8514-Monitor ok, but with some problems on WIndows 386: calender.exe doesn't work any more and on both windows the screen refresh is slower than on a vga adapter, if you are using different fonts. But painting of graphics is good. Rainer Gerten University of Kaiserslautern mail: gerten@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de
schaut@cat9.cs.wisc.edu (Rick Schaut) (03/29/90)
In article <14758@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> oberst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel J. Oberst) writes: | Is anyone running windows with drivers for the IBM 8514-A adapter? | Every six months or so I try and get the drivers and I'm still waiting. | Do they exist? I just saw a copy of WinNext running on an 8514-A, so a driver for that particular version of Windows exists. I don't know, however, if a driver for a version of Windows that Microsoft will acknowledge exists. -- Rick (schaut@garfield.cs.wisc.edu) "Your degree in Economics is not necessarily an aide to finding gainfull emplyoment, but at least it helps you understand why you're unemployed" --Samuel Bates