soley@AU-BON-PAIN.LCS.MIT.EDU (Richard Mark Soley) (11/17/89)
I've got a Turbosport 386 with a supposed resolution of 640x400 screen. But it only knows how to emulate a CGA. Anybody know how to get at the rest of the resolution, either through a standard emulation or programming? Anybody know about upgrades to 386e? -- Richard Soley soley@mc.lcs.mit.edu
pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) (11/18/89)
Its just "Buyer Beware", as usual. I've spend lots of time, energy, and phone-calls trying to resolve this issue for my 286. You'd think even if it wasn't available as EGA emulation, a driver could be written for MS Windows or GEM! The 400 rows are ONLY available in text-mode. The Yamaha LCD controller chip (V6366) supposedly allows the LCD to be used in a non-standard 640 by 350 graphics mode, but Zenith embedded the chip into all its sport systems in such a way in which this will never be possible. They are now dumping the super- and turbosport at low prices. So the next generation of machines will probably be VGA. It seems like the sort of advertising a company could get in trouble for, but Zenith continues rolling along, even using MSWindows decorations to frame its current advertising (even for the Minisport!) subliminally suggesting compatability with graphics-oriented operating systems. Jordan