Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Article #4246Re: SVGA problem...
From: venu.p.gopal
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 21:12
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 21:12
22 lines
1730 bytes
1730 bytes
In article <6845@hub.ucsb.edu>, gnome@banana.ucsb.edugnome@banana.ucsb.edugnome@banana.ucsb.edugnome@banana.ucsb.edu (Andy Perrine;6512 Segovia #313;961-7466;968-0403) writes: ! I recently purchased a brand new TVGA 8900 that will do 800x600x256 ! and 1024x768x16. The reason I'm sending out this post is to see if ! anyone can give me hints as to how to get this card to work with ! certain programs. Example: ! ! While using PICEM 2.0, I am able to display any GIF, in all modes, ! including 800x600x256 and 1024x768x16. This program is very slow, ! though. ! ! If I use VPIC 3.0, I run into the following problem: If I try to ! display a picture in ANY 256 color mode (including 320x200!) the ! program maps the pixels wrong. It will paint the first 5th of the ! screen fine, then jump back to the top and paint the next 5th over the If VESA support is available for the card (look at the software that came with the board), you can check out all the SuperVGA modes using VUIMAGE Gif/Tiff Viewer 2.62 or 2.70. Use the VESA driver that comes with the program. VUIMAGE 2.62 is available from SIMTEL (VUIMG262.ZIP). Venu P. Gopal UUCP: ..!att!cbnewsc!vgopal Internet: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1990Oct31.211245.29025@cbnewsc.att.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!att!cbnewsc!vgopalReferences:
<6845@hub.ucsb.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!att!cbnewsc!vgopal From: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com (venu.p.gopal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.software,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: SVGA problem... Summary: Try VESA Message-ID: <1990Oct31.211245.29025@cbnewsc.att.com> Date: 31 Oct 90 21:12:45 GMT References: <6845@hub.ucsb.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22