dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o) (03/25/89)
I know this has been hashed out before. Perhaps someone could send me a summary... I would like to use Windows 386 with a Hi-res VGA board and monitor (at least 800x600, maybe 1024x768). My understanding is that Window 386 requires special drivers for this and that many VGA manufacturers don't have the necessary drivers. - Which Hi-Res VGA boards will work and have the required drivers ? - What monitor should I get ? Multisync XL ? others ? for 1024x768 ? - What happens to standard apps when Windows 386 is running in Hi-Res mode ? Is Windows 386 smart enough to switch in and out of a standard mode for a standard app that is hogging the entire screen ? Please email responses. Thanks. Cheers, Dan Ts'o 212-570-7671 Dept. Neurobiology dan@rna.rockefeller.edu Rockefeller Univ. ...cmcl2!rna!dan 1230 York Ave. rna!dan@nyu.edu NY, NY 10021 tso@rockefeller.arpa tso@rockvax.bitnet
morris@dms.UUCP (Jim Morris) (03/28/89)
From article <445@rna.UUCP>, by dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o): > .... > I would like to use Windows 386 with a Hi-res VGA board and monitor > (at least 800x600, maybe 1024x768). My understanding is that Window 386 > requires special drivers for this and that many VGA manufacturers don't have > the necessary drivers. > > - Which Hi-Res VGA boards will work and have the required drivers ? >.... I have the paradise VGA+ 16 board, I downloaded a driver for Windows/386 from their bulletin board, it works nicely in 800x600 mode. > - What monitor should I get ? Multisync XL ? others ? for 1024x768 ? Can't help you there, I use a Multisync II, but the Paradise board only goes to 800x600 > > - What happens to standard apps when Windows 386 is running in > Hi-Res mode ? Is Windows 386 smart enough to switch in and out of a > standard mode for a standard app that is hogging the entire screen ? It appears to work with the Paradise, make sure you have an Auto-Switch Video board. > > Please email responses. Thanks. I thought this may be usefull to others too!!! -- Jim Morris. {motcsd|weitek}!dms!morris or morris@dms.UUCP Atari Games Corporation, Sycamore Drive, Milpitas CA 95035. (Arcade Video Game Manufacturer, NOT Atari Corp. ST manufacturer). Any opinions expressed are probably my own, and not those of Atari Games Corp.