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Article #6853Re: WinOS2 and the MACH64
From: Tim Moloney
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 19:56
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 19:56
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In message <3hl921$joh@News1.mcs.com> - benhum@mcs.com writes: >In <3hkajr$c9h@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, mmccrear@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Marvin R McCreary) writes: > >>I am having the same problem are mentioned above. I had Windows and the Mach >>Driver installed before I attempted the Warp installation, and I've tried >>everything I can think of to get WinOS2 to work, but so far all I get is a >>black screen with just a mouse pointer visible. The computer is still active >>and I can exit WinOS2 by double clicking in the upper left corner (where the >>program manager close gadget should be) and I'll end up back in OS2. This >>happens in both full screen Windows and in WinOS2. > >If you're getting the blank screen, try this. In the Windows SYSTEM.INI file, >find the macx section and add a statement VAD=ON. I had the same problem. The ATI tech support guy told me to do two things. 1) Add VAD=ON to my SYSTEM.INI as stated above, and 2) Turn VIDEO_SWITCH_NOTIFICATION to OFF. Everything works fine now. Good luck. --/\/\/\/\/\--/\--/\------/\- Tim Moloney __ __ __ -----/\------/\--/\/\--/\/\-- moloney@lds.loral.com | | | |__| |__| | ----/\------/\--/\--/\--/\--- |__ |__| | \ | | |__ ---/\------/\--/\------/\---- Loral Data Systems ---------------------- --/\------/\--/\------/\----- Sarasota, Florida Data Systems
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