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Re: Borland 3.1 TDW and ATI/Ultra

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From: Stephen O. Berger
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:14
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In article <1992Aug25.000057.3407@news.acns.nwu.edu>  
jeko@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Offutt) writes:
> In article <1992Aug20.033548.28510@ccu.umanitoba.ca>  
rallen@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:
> >
> >Has anybody been able to get Borland 3.1 to work with an ATI/Ultra  
using
> >the ultra.dll supplied with the BC3.1 release.
> 
> [...]
> 
> It may not be the ATI card.  I have a Paradise VGA Professional/Windows  
3.1
> and Borland C++ 3.1.  Neither Turbo Debugger nor Turbo Profiler work  
under
> Windows when running any video mode other than *standard* VGA  
(640x480x16).
> Higher resolutions or extended color mode lock the system completely.  I  
had
> the same problem with BC++ 3.0 and Windows 3.0; I hoped that 3.1 would  
be
> the answer... Oh well.
> 
> --
> James Offutt

  I have been having a similiar problem with TDW using a Diamond Stealth
VRAM card.  I can run TDW, but when I exit it trashes the screen as if
it isn't correctly restoring the video mode.  I can't do anything at this
point but reboot.


Steve Berger
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