warren@col.hp.com (Warren Tustin) (03/05/91)
Has anyone out there used the "thick pixel" emulation mode in Desterm 2.00?
I am trying Desterm out again on my 128, and when I go to thick pixels in
either 40 or 80 columns my screen 'flakes out'. I get 3 vertical bars on
screen and what I type may or may not appear. The left half of the top
info line is sorta present, with the fourth character from the right
rapidly changing. Also the cursor controls to adjust which set of
40 columns I am looking at don't seem to work.
I have downloaded it twice, the first time using Xmodem, the second time
using my first copy of Desterm and Ymodem. During the un-archive, the
only error reported was the one mentioned in the notes. Everything else
about Desterm seems to work great, but I really would like this feature
to also work.
I have a cable that takes the composite signal from the RGB connector and
feeds it to my composite monitor. Maybe this makes a difference?
My guesses:
- I have original C128 roms, maybe this makes a difference.
- My video chip is funny, although the normal 80 column mode has no
problems.
- Others have experienced the same thing and it is a problem with
Desterm.
- There is something about thick pixel mode I don't understand and am
not setting up correctly.
- ??????????
Yes, I did download in binary mode from the milton site using ftp, and
the file sizes were exactly the same on both ends.
Thanks for any info,
Warren Tustin warren@col.hp.comrknop@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop) (03/06/91)
warren@col.hp.com (Warren Tustin) writes: > Has anyone out there used the "thick pixel" emulation mode in Desterm 2.00? > I am trying Desterm out again on my 128, and when I go to thick pixels in > either 40 or 80 columns my screen 'flakes out'. I get 3 vertical bars on > screen and what I type may or may not appear. The left half of the top > info line is sorta present, with the fourth character from the right > rapidly changing. Also the cursor controls to adjust which set of > 40 columns I am looking at don't seem to work. > - Others have experienced the same thing and it is a problem with > Desterm. I have had the same problem. For more info: I run on a flat 128, expanded to 64K VDC RAM (although I had the same problem before I expanded), and a 1902A RGB monitor. I think I've got the old 128 ROMs (CAPS LOCK and Q gives a lower case q). However, I have seen the thick pixel mode work on another flat 128, presumably with the original ROMs, although I am not sure on that point. -Rob Knop rknop@tybalt.caltech.edu
digdon@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mike Digdon) (03/06/91)
Well, I use thick pixels all of the time with absolutely no problems at all.. maybe its your keyboard or maybe your monitor.. -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + Mike Digdon: digdon@ug.cs.dal.ca + My 64 can still get the + + mike@ac.dal.ca + job at hand completed!! + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
bruce@watnxt2.ucr.edu (Ahmon Dancy) (03/08/91)
I also use thick pixels with no problem and I have the CAPS-LOCK-Q-MAKES-q ROMs. Perhaps you need to adjust your VDC mode (User Environment menu). i have mine in mode one... you might also want to check on your NTSC/PAL mode, although I don't think that makes a difference.