shedevil@portia.Stanford.EDU (Annie) (11/01/90)
Ok, now I have the weirdest hybrid system, sort of. Here's my PRE-window
experience:
I'm running a Tandon 286. I have an Amdek Color 600 monitor, which is
technically CGA, and a clone of some IBM monitor, I forget which model
although the number "5102" is stuck in my head for some reason.
It is being driven by a Genoa 5400 vga card.
Now, you will just have to take my word for this, which many don't:
the resolution and performance I am getting from this monitor is beyond
CGA. If I want to I can set it down to CGA, which I have to for a bridge
tutor I have, but I am running alot of things in VGA mode, including
some gif stuff I have. My smooth and jump utilities work as well, and thus
I have absolutely NO jitter when I scroll, etc.
Obviously I am not complaining! It's great, and even the Amdek people
and the Genoa people dis-beleived me <or thought I was nuts, or something>.
Anyway, THEN I get windows. Which works fine. But windows apparently
<according the MS after 1/2 hour on hold long distance to their
wonderful support line> will only run in black and white on a CGA.
I tried setting it up as a true VGA, just to see what happened, and I got
AMAZINGLY terrific resolution...I mean, this baby worked its heart out
and gave me the most amazing screen, AND COLOURS! But in triplicate
(i.e there were 3 windows logos, all in a row, on the screen,a nd some
horizontal interference). I tried all the drivers too, not just the
Genoa ones...ALL of 'em. I figured what the heck, this is such a weird
system, who knows WHAT might work! :-D
Well, nothing did. But I bet, given my systems willingness to emulate
some higher form of life then CGA, I can somehow do SOMEthing to get
some colour up on this screen.
Any suggestions?
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