KEM-PMP@finou.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) (02/01/91)
I recently re-installed windows 3.0 with 256 colours (I use Trident's drivers). Win3works fine, even in 386 Enhanced mode. However, Excel 2.1c fails to work properly with this combination; the Clear command (Clear All) produces an unrecoverable application error. This does not happen in real mode or with ordinary 16-colour VGA (with windows' own drivers). The problem does not exist in 800*600 (16-colour)display or in 1024*768 (16-colour) display. Evidently it is here that Excel fails to be compatible with Win3. Has anyone had similar problems? Any solutions (other than getting Excel 3.0) ? Furthermore, if anyone has had problems with Trident drivers, I can tell you that there have been faulty vddtvga.386 copies even on the original diskettes (including my IT-VGA utilities diskettes ...IT-VGA uses Trident chipset). Vddtvga.386 is a vdd file that 386 enhanced mode needs for proper operation. Try to get a copy that works, and experience the beauty of 256 colour bitmaps in the background| Computer specs: Informtech 386 motherboard (33-MHz 386, 33-MHz 80387 FPU), 4 MB RAM (32 kB Video: IT-VGA 512 K (Trident chipset) cache) ------- Petri Pihko "Liber Ignium ad Comburendos Hostes" Pihatie 15 C e-mail: KEM-PMP@finou.oulu.fi (Internet) SF-90650 OULU or KEM-PMP@finou.bitnet FINLAND (Institution: University of Oulu, Finland) tel. +358 81 5302 478 =-------
strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) (02/09/91)
KEM-PMP@finou.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) writes: >I recently re-installed windows 3.0 with 256 colours (I use Trident's drivers). >Win3works fine, even in 386 Enhanced mode. However, Excel 2.1c fails to work >properly with this combination; the Clear command (Clear All) produces an >unrecoverable application error. This does not happen in real mode or with >ordinary 16-colour VGA (with windows' own drivers). The problem does not exist >in 800*600 (16-colour)display or in 1024*768 (16-colour) display. Evidently >it is here that Excel fails to be compatible with Win3. Has anyone had similar >problems? Any solutions (other than getting Excel 3.0) ? Get Excel 2.1d. Perhaps this solves the problem. Wolfgang Strobl #include <std.disclaimer.hpp>