tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) (07/18/90)
So if I read the net right .. if I comment out the "VGAROM" line in vpix.cnf , I should be able to get my VRAM-VGA card to do it's 800x600 under VPIX ?? Just a GIF junkie.... ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======== = "The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a = = soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with = = an idea." - computer saying. (from The Wizardry Compiled by Rick Cook) = ============= Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 ================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by either = = Xanadu Enterpises or its clients, AT&T Bell Labs or others. = ==== The Romantic Encounters BBS 201-759-8450(PEP) / 201-759-8568(2400) ====
caf@omen.UUCP (WA7KGX) (07/18/90)
In article <26a36b50-6cccomp.unix.i386@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) writes:
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:So if I read the net right .. if I comment out the "VGAROM" line in vpix.cnf
:, I should be able to get my VRAM-VGA card to do it's 800x600 under VPIX ??
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YES, but ... if you flip to another screen, esp. while in graphics mode,
you may or may not be able to flip back.sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (07/21/90)
caf@omen.UUCP (WA7KGX) writes: >In article <26a36b50-6cccomp.unix.i386@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) writes: >: >: >: >:So if I read the net right .. if I comment out the "VGAROM" line in vpix.cnf >:, I should be able to get my VRAM-VGA card to do it's 800x600 under VPIX ?? >: >:Just a GIF junkie.... >YES, but ... if you flip to another screen, esp. while in graphics mode, >you may or may not be able to flip back. Yep. and there will be a lot of other flakey things. Heres what I have encountered with my Orchid Prodesigner board. This board supports the normal VGA modes, 640 x 480 x 256C, 800 x 600 x 256C, and 1024 x 768 x 16C But not all of them work right with all of my dos software. For instance, I have gotten AutoCAD to work at 1024 x 768 and dpaint II enhanced. But I can't seem to get anything to work right with the 800 x 600 modes. Dpaint II enhanced will not work in 800 x 600 although it says it supports it. It just gives me a blank screen. and when setting up Xwindows (this is under Unix now, not MSDOS) I had to tell X11 I was using a Paradise card in order to get it to work at 800 x 600. Weird huh? And yes if you try to switch session screens while VP/IX is using one of the extended VGA modes on your card, you will be greeted with a screenfull of garbage. Many times you have to reboot the entire machine in order to clear up the screen. Sometimes you can switch back to the VP/IX screen and it will come in clear, then exit it and THEN when you switch screens, everything is ok. Many times this doesn't work, though. Also, just the screen is messed up. The machine is still running fine, and you can still log on from another terminal and shut her down to fix the problem. Or if you are a good blind typer, you can switch to the console screen and log in as root and shut her down. -- John Sparks | | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 2400bps. sparks@corpane.UUCP | | PH: (502) 968-DISK A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. - Ogden Nash
tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) (07/23/90)
> >************* > >Resp: 1 of 1 About: Re: VGA and Hi-Res ><> [WA7KGX] (*Masked*@omen.UUCP) > >In article <26a36b50-6cccomp.unix.i386@tronsbox.xei.com> >tron1@tronsbox.xei.com >(HIM) writes: >: >: >: >:So if I read the net right .. if I comment out the "VGAROM" line in vpix.cnf >:, I should be able to get my VRAM-VGA card to do it's 800x600 under VPIX ?? >: >:Just a GIF junkie.... > >YES, but ... if you flip to another screen, esp. while in graphics mode, >you may or may not be able to flip back. Thanks! .. Has anyone succeded in dumping the VRAM-VGA Bios to a file ? ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======== = "And in the darkened offices, the terminals shine like stars." = ============= Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 ================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by either = = Xanadu Enterpises or its clients, AT&T Bell Labs or others. = ==== The Romantic Encounters BBS 201-759-8450(PEP) / 201-759-8568(2400) ====