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Mark Cosham (cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
: In <Bx99pq.HAF@cs.psu.edu> mllang@snobol.cs.psu.edu (Matthew Lang) writes:
: 
: >Hi, I'm having a problem with my video that's driving me crazy.  I have a 
: >SVGA card (True color) based on Cirrus GD-5422 chip and a Packard Bell
: >1024x768 monitor (non-interlaced).  The problem is that the picture shifts on
: >my screen when I switch video modes.  Some examples:
: >640x480 -- looks fine
: >800x600x64k -- Picture is shifted to the right, off the screen
: >800x600x256 -- picture is centered but really small (half-size)
: >etc.
: >I had this problem before so the company said I could try a new video card and
: >this is what I got.  About the same result as before (This is my second card
: >and my second monitor, same problems)  The manufacturer (WANG -- about the 
: >worst service I have ever received said "It's an incompatability between your
: >monitor and the card).  I still find this hard to believe.  Can anyone help???
: >I would appreciate any ideas!!!!
: >Matt 
: 
: Hi.
: 	This is a very common problem, although it is still usable
: normally.   I got a program with my Trident card that allows the
: position (and size) of each individual screen mode to be set and stored
: in a device driver so that the settings are loaded when the computer
: boots.  I don't know if something like this exists for that card though.
: 

Some of the better monitors can compensate automatically. My Nanao 9080i
has a microprocessor that controls the scanning, and has a non-volatile
RAM where the settings I choose for H/V height, position, and pincushion
are saved for each of up to 16 different scanning modes.

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