Re: Windows 3.0, XT and 16 colors

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From: Merv Hrabi
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 1991 12:55

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In article <1271@ssp4.idca.tds.philips.nl>, fritsf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (F.H.J. Feldbrugge) writes:
> In <1991Feb5.130927.8841@infohh.rmi.de> natec@infohh.rmi.de (NATEC Institut GmbH) writes:
>
> >Has anybody got a Windows 3.0 working 640x480x16 on an XT?
> >I've got no results with different VGA-Drivers (except
> >VGAmono) on VEGA VIDEO 7 card as well as COLOR IMAGE BOARD.
>
> >IBMPS250-driver of Windows 2.10 works in 640x480x8 mode, but
> >all the icons are in b/w!  :-(
>
> On my XT, Windows 3.0 worked with CGA (although you could only see
> a small fragment of all windows, in black & white).
> But poor me, when I inserted an EGA card in the XT (for the sake of
> good resolution & colour), Windows refused to work properly...

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!mhrabi
From: mhrabi@attcan.UUCP (Merv Hrabi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0, XT and 16 colors
Summary: I also tried Windows 3.0 with EGA on XT --> CRASH!!!
         The only thing I have got to work is HI RES mone mode on EGA
         If anyone has cracked this one, I would REALLY like to know.
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Date: 7 Feb 91 12:55:08 GMT
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