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Article #1218Re: problem with supervga.drv on win3.1
From: Rene Peeren
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:05
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:05
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In article 15205@titan.inmos.co.uk, jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:
In article <1993Jan6.121325.15111@titan.inmos.co.uk>, jeremy@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Jeremy Thorp) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan1.163930.3302@liberty.uc.wlu.edu>, duvalld@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Danek Duvall) writes:
|> |> Boon-Lock Yeo (yeo@thoth.Princeton.EDU) wrote:
|> |> :
|> |> : Hi, I tried to run win3.1 using 800x600 16 color mode (setup
|> |> : with supervga.drv). Everything is fine until I tried to run
|> |> : msdos-prompt from window. It switches fine to text mode; when I tried
|> |> : to get back to window, the screen messed up. Even if I tried to
|> |> : run msdos-prompt in window mode, the screen still messed up.
|> |> :
|> |> : I wonder it there is any setup I am missing, or is it the some problem
|> |> : with the hardware (I have a supervga card 512K ram and a supervga monitor)
|> |>
|>
|> Are you using a Trident board? I have a Trident 8900C SVGA board and I had EXACTLY this
^^^^^^^
Maybe a bit late with the answer, but:
A friend of mine had the same problem. His problem was caused by the mouse-driver
that came with the mouse. Using a compatible windows-provided mouse-driver
solved his problem.
/Rene
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!sics.se!eua.ericsson.se!euas21c09!etxrene From: etxrene@eua.ericsson.se (Rene Peeren) Subject: Re: problem with supervga.drv on win3.1 Message-ID: <1993Jan26.140536.8995@eua.ericsson.se> Sender: news@eua.ericsson.se Nntp-Posting-Host: euas21c09.eua.ericsson.se Reply-To: etxrene@eua.ericsson.se Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden References: <1993Jan6.121739.15205@titan.inmos.co.uk> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:05:36 GMT Lines: 25