[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Need a GIF viewer for SUPERVGA card or configuration help

jro06961@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon Richard Ommen) (11/06/90)

I have a SUPERVGA video card supporting 800x600x256 and 1024x768x16 and this 
card is apparently not a common one because none of the vga viewers that I have
tried offer a suitable configuration.  I have tried to configure it using
various viewer formats, but have only had partial success, i.e. only displays 
on a small fraction of the screen.  Any info regarding GIF viewers that support this card or info regarding how to configure it properly for a particular 
viewer would be much appreciated!! Thanks!  Send e-mail to:                 

				jro06961@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

daly@ecs.umass.edu (11/12/90)

In article <1990Nov7.152557.24674@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, mimperre@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Marco Imperatore) writes:
> In article <1990Nov6.041544.936@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jro06961@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon Richard Ommen) writes:
>>I have a SUPERVGA video card supporting 800x600x256 and 1024x768x16 and this 
>>card is apparently not a common one because none of the vga viewers that I have
>>tried offer a suitable configuration.  I have tried to configure it using
>>various viewer formats, but have only had partial success, i.e. only displays 
>>on a small fraction of the screen.  Any info regarding GIF viewers that support this card or info regarding how to configure it properly for a particular 
>>viewer would be much appreciated!! Thanks!  Send e-mail to:                 
>>
>>				jro06961@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
> 
> I'd be interested in this information as well.  Posting replies might be
> a good idea.
> 
> --cheers--
> -- 
> Marco Imperatore
> Computer Graphics Lab, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
> uucp: mimperre@watcgl

I have been using a very good shareware GIF viewer called VUIMG262.  It
supports my ATI VGA WONDER at 800x600x256 along with many other assorted
video modes, resolutions, colors, and cards.  Version 2.62 even has a VESA 
driver, which you could use if your card supports the VESA standard, or if
you have adapter software which will let your card follow the VESA standard.
(That's what I use).  I found this software at SIMTEL, but it is probably
also located at wuarchive.wustl.edu also.  (At SIMTEL, look under /gif dir.)
As I was saying, VUIMG supports TONS of different cards, and if you can't
find a driver that works for you with this software, you probably won't find
any other software that supports it either. :-)

If you really can't get one of the drivers to work for you, your best bet
would really be to get in touch with your card manufacturer and see if they
have VESA adapter software available which will let you use the "standard"
SVGA driver.  (If you don't know, VESA is the association of video card
manufacturers that has finally agreed upon a standard for SVGA setups.) 

BTW: The name of the file to ftp from SIMTEL20 is "vuimg262.zip".

Good luck,

Bryon Daly
daly@omega.ecs.umass.edu
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