mg15@prism.gatech.EDU (Glynn,Mike) (06/29/90)
Hello out there,
I just got Windows 3.0 the other day and I like it. I like it alot!
The only thing I don't like is the colors I get when I open a DOS window.
The colors are washed-out blue with a bright-green border...The colors are
normal if I use ALT-ENTER to make the window smaller but if I go back to full
screen the odd colors are back. I am at a loss as how to change them.
Any help would be appriciated...
Thanks,
Mike
P.S. the hardware is an IBM PS/2 Model 80 with plenty of ram
and I use an 8514/a card with 1 Meg on it.
P.S.S I have not seen this problem on other machines with out the 8514 card.
michaelt@microsoft.UUCP (Michael THURLKILL) (07/04/90)
In article <10920@hydra.gatech.EDU> mg15@prism.gatech.EDU (Glynn,Mike) writes: > > Hello out there, > I just got Windows 3.0 the other day and I like it. I like it alot! >The only thing I don't like is the colors I get when I open a DOS window. >The colors are washed-out blue with a bright-green border...The colors are >normal if I use ALT-ENTER to make the window smaller but if I go back to full >screen the odd colors are back. I am at a loss as how to change them. >Any help would be appriciated... > >P.S. the hardware is an IBM PS/2 Model 80 with plenty of ram > and I use an 8514/a card with 1 Meg on it. >P.S.S I have not seen this problem on other machines with out the 8514 card. > Um, yes. This is a bug that was caught just recently. As you've discovered, when running DOS apps in a window on the 8514, all low intensity colors are incorrectly mapped to high intensity. Result: all colors appear as high intensity. The colors are ok when running full screen because the Windows display driver is not handling the screen i/o. I don't know why it was missed, but it should be fixed 'in the next release'. Mike Thurlkill Disclaimer: These are my opinions. They shouldn't be mis-contrued as being correct or having any relation to my employer.