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|> |> |> 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

I have the exact problem, also.  I'm running w/ an Oak VGA card.  I spoke
to Microsoft about this and they said that it is a board incompatability
problem.  They said their "generic' supervga.drv could not possibly
support every vga card on the market.

I even tried running w/ Oak drivers (from Oak Technology) get horrible
performance in 640x480, cannot run MS-DOS in 800x600, and cannot even
run 1024x768 mode at all.  So their drivers are no better (even a little
worse) than Microsofts!!  So basically, I'm outta luck, unless Oak
redoes their drivers or I get a new video board.

I hope you have a better end result!

Bill Maggio


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