sigma@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin) (05/04/91)
I have Desqview/386 V2.26 running on a 386/25 with 4Mb RAM, no cache. I have a Tseng3-based SVGA card with 512K on it, and my monitor can display the 640x480x256 mode. With some graphics programs which use "special" SVGA modes, palette entries get the wrong colors, and scan lines flash white as the screen is being accessed. Some programs have better luck with the palette, and sometimes the flashing scan lines go away as well. I can't get graphics windows in any 256-color mode, should I be able to? Backgrounding a 256-color program reduces it to a hideous 16-color representation. What I'm wondering is if there are some settings I'm missing, or if an upgrade would help with any of these problems. I'm also interested in finding out if anyone has managed to get 19200 baud ZModem downloads working in the background. Mine timeout, recover, and pretend to continue, but the file is corrupted as a result. I know this should be possible - on an XT with a 386SX accelerator card, I was able to do background downloads at 19200 baud using PC-Mix. Thanks, -- Kevin Martin sigma@ipl.rpi.edu "Can I kiss one of the bridesmaids instead?"
phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (05/05/91)
QD's position is that SVGA support in DV is too much work. --
ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) (05/05/91)
In article <1991May5.061248.19367@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: }QD's position is that SVGA support in DV is too much work. All they need to do is support VESA, which will cover over 90% of the SVGA boards in existence (ATI, Video7, STB, Tatung, Tseng, Orchid, Paradise, etc.). Those boards which don't already have VESA support in ROM only need a 2-3K TSR to add the support after the fact. -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/3.1 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CARNEGIE AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? Did | It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's I claim something?| what we know that ain't so. --Will Rogers
scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May5.061248.19367@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >QD's position is that SVGA support in DV is too much work. > QD would never say that SVGA support for DESQview/X is too much work, would it? -scott