gaspo@VSSERV.SCRI.FSU.EDU (Scott Gasparian) (07/27/90)
Ok, here's what I have: DTK 286/12 mb w/1meg Boca AT/Plus w/4meg all extended Generic VGA w/512k and Paradise chips Windows3.0 and the Paradise drivers posted here awhile ago. Problem: First of all, I know the drivers are working ok. I mean, I bring up WinPaint, and load a 256color .PCX file no problem. However, Save As a 256color Bitmap file, and then reload the .BMP and all I get is a black on white blur. Click on info and it says only one plane (I asssume that means only black and white). Is this a bug in WinPaint ? Or is it the driver ? Also, while I'm on a roll: When I setup'd my old win/286 with a 256color driver, there was a 256color pallette added to the colors in the control menu. Not so now w/ win3.0. Again, is this Win or the drviver? Seems to me that all I gained from installing the 256color driver is the ability to open 256color .PCX files, and a machine that now runs 3~4 times as slow when writing to the screen. What I need is: + Is it the driver or winpaint with the problem (or me) ? + How can i get the nifty 256color pallette in the colors panel ? + Anyone know of a PD/SW prog that will do 256GIF->256BMP and work? (instead of gif->pcx->bmp that I do now) Ok, go ahead and flame me. But I've exhausted all avenues here for solutions. Please, whoever wrote the Paradise Drivers, you did a damn good job. I'm just trying to figure out where to start fixing things instead of wasting my time. /----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Scott "gaspo" Gasparian - Teenage Mutant Ninja Technician | | || | S | | Supercomputer Computations Research Institute | | \\||// | C | | gasparian@gw.scri.fsu.edu | "So, where excactly DID my | ===>><<=== R | | gaspo@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu | socks go to in the dryer? | | //||\\ | I | | (904) 644-4277 / 222-5630 | Are they happier now?" -me | | || | | \----------------------------------------------------------------------------/