harris@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Mark Harris) (01/11/89)
I am using Desqview 2.2 on a 386 machine (with the QEMM driver).
One attractive (claimed) feature of the software is its screen
blanking, which should work in any video mode of my VGA system.
When I first installed Desqview screen blanking worked sometimes
but not always. I have made various changes and now blanking
never works. I can't isolate the factor that suppresses blanking.
Any suggestions?
By the way, trying to get technical support from Quarterdeck
is murder. Last time I spent 40 long distance minutes waiting in
their queue. I'm reluctant to go through that again.
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Mark Harris mail:harris@ecsvax(UUCP/BITNET)
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608 (704) 262-3050 office, 264-6906 homeseg@smsdpg.uu.net (Scott Garfinkle) (01/12/89)
From article <6211@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, by harris@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Mark Harris): > By the way, trying to get technical support from Quarterdeck > is murder. Last time I spent 40 long distance minutes waiting in > their queue. I'm reluctant to go through that again. > -- > Mark Harris mail:harris@ecsvax(UUCP/BITNET) I've found that the best way to get support is to leave a problem on their BBS and call back the next day. The number for the BBS is (314) 464-8477. Parameters are 2400-n-8-1. Scott E. Garfinkle SMS Data Products Group, Inc. uunet!smsdpg!seg
bose@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (01/12/89)
I have an AST386 and have noticed the same problem. Screen blanking seems to work when I set DV to allow both text and graphics to be displayed at the same time to "Y" in the DV setup for the video.
funkstr@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (-=/ Larry Hastings /=-) (01/13/89)
+-In article <6211@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, harris@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Mark Harris) wrote:- +---------- | | By the way, trying to get technical support from Quarterdeck | is murder. Last time I spent 40 long distance minutes waiting in | their queue. I'm reluctant to go through that again. | Mark Harris mail:harris@ecsvax(UUCP/BITNET) | +---------- The long wait is caused by their "Priority Service" system, which is a self-feeding loop. You see, after a couple of long waits on the phone (I've waited 1.5 hours for Tech Support from them) you get disgusted, and you buy their $30 "Priority Service" package, which means that whenever you call you jump to the head of the tech support queue, passing by all the people who don't have Priority Service, which means that they have to wait longer, which means they get disgusted and spring for the $30... and on it goes. At least they're getting a better phone system in... that evil phone-mail system is the worst thing to come along since bright neon clothing. -- /|\ /|\ .. . . . . . . . . . . | |\| |\| .. . . . . . . . . . . |/|\|/|\|/|| _ _ _ _ |_| _ _ |_ -__ _ _ARPA: funkstr@ucscb.ucsc.EDU | |/| |/|L_ (_\( ( (_/ | |(_\_) (_ || )(_)_)UUCP: *!ucbvax!ucscb!funkstr \|/ \|/ larry / hastings _/ WORK: sun!acad!metaware!funkster MetaWare Incorporated Disclaimer: It was a bad day. "If any of your OSF force are caught or killed, the Secretary will deny any knowlege of your activities." --from the new Mission: Impractical