billj@uop.edu (Bill Jackson) (12/20/90)
recently i downloaded the windows 3.0 drivers from the paradise bbs. unfortunately, they don't work! i install the 640x480x256 driver exactly as the included instructions suggest, and all i get is a massive, two-inch cursor, three colors (off-yellow, red, and black) and "pixels" that are about 5mm square!! please help since i can't afford another long-distance phone call.... i have a paradise vga 16+ video card w/ 256k memory. ackthpt! bill jackson -- ========================================================================= billj@uop.uop.edu bjackson@madvax.uop.edu ========================================================================== "where the hell is uop?" - email recipients ==========================================================================
ohara@brahms.amd.com (Bob O'Hara) (12/21/90)
In article <276fc5e0.edd@uop.uop.edu> billj@uop.edu (Bill Jackson) writes: >recently i downloaded the windows 3.0 drivers from the paradise bbs. >unfortunately, they don't work! i install the 640x480x256 driver >exactly as the included instructions suggest, and all i get is a >massive, two-inch cursor, three colors (off-yellow, red, and black) and >"pixels" that are about 5mm square!! please help since i can't afford >another long-distance phone call.... > >i have a paradise vga 16+ video card w/ 256k memory. > > >ackthpt! > >bill jackson > > >-- >========================================================================= > >billj@uop.uop.edu >bjackson@madvax.uop.edu > >========================================================================== > >"where the hell is uop?" - email recipients > >========================================================================== Bill, A little math will show that you don't have enough memory to run your card in 640x480x256 mode. That requires just a little more than 307k bytes. Your only other option until you install more memory is to run in either 640x480x16 (~154k) or 800x600x16 (~240k). I made this same mistake myself when I first obtained the drivers which is why I'm so familiar with it. Bob O'Hara Net: bob.ohara@amd.com Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Phone: +408-749-2321 P.O. Box 3453 MS 70 Fax: +408-749-2825 Sunnyvale, Ca. 94088-3000 Disclaimer: Everyone needs a disclaimer and I disclaim this one.
jcclark@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (CURTIS CLARK) (12/21/90)
In article <276fc5e0.edd@uop.uop.edu>, billj@uop.edu (Bill Jackson) writes... >recently i downloaded the windows 3.0 drivers from the paradise bbs. >unfortunately, they don't work! i install the 640x480x256 driver >exactly as the included instructions suggest, and all i get is a >massive, two-inch cursor, three colors (off-yellow, red, and black) and >"pixels" that are about 5mm square!! please help since i can't afford >another long-distance phone call.... > >i have a paradise vga 16+ video card w/ 256k memory. Most sVGA cards won't support 256 colors at 640x480 with only 256k. Before I upgraded my ATI, I didn't even get anything as coherent as a 2 inch cursor. Add memory up to 512k and you shouldn't have any problems.