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Re: MS-WINDOWS IN 1024x768 RESOLUTION

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From: Mark A. Mitchell
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 17:09
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tomer@rainbow.UUCP (Shmuel Tomer) wrote:
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}I am using an ATI-VGA Wonder card (in a Gateway 386/20 machine, 4MB
}RAM, 65 MB hdd). I have a serious performance problem when using
}Windows (either 286 or 386) in the 1024x768 mode, using the driver
}provided by ATI, revision 1.03. 

I'm using a similar setup:  Dell System 310 (20 MHz 386), 2 MB RAM,
Video Seven VGA 1024i card in 1024x768 mode with Video Seven driver.

}Two operations in particular take unreasonable time. Moving a window
}around on the screen results in a VERY slow repainting of the
}window - this take between 10 to 30 (!) seconds. Scrolling a text
}editor (notepad, write etc.) by a single line, either using arrow keys
}or by clicking on the arrows in the scroll bar, is also VERY slow.

Both operations are hardly noticeable on my machine.

}I called ATI and was told that it wasn't me - that's the way it works,
}and they can do nothing about it until Microsoft comes up with Windows
}that has a larger buffer (?).

This sounds like bull, since Video Seven is able to do it without 
performance degradations.  

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"I want to live in Montana and drive a      |  Mark A. Mitchell  Georgia Tech
 pickup truck.  Perhaps even a recreational |  GTRI/STL/MSD      Atlanta, GA
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Subject: Re: MS-WINDOWS IN 1024x768 RESOLUTION
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