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Article #7422Re: Video 7 VGA Pure Mode Switching
From: C.M. Stuntz
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 1990 20:21
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 1990 20:21
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In article <6118@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes:
>In article <cchapman.660317460@romeo> cchapman@msd.gatech.edu (Chuck H. Chapman) writes:
>>I'm using a Video 7 VRAM VGA with 512k of RAM. When I run non-windows
>>programs, the PURE mode is turned on, which disables any extensions
>>beyond normal VGA capability.
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>"It's not a bug, it's a feature."
>[ bunch of other stuff basically saying that Video-7 turns on
>pure mode when shelling out to dos to avoid program conflicts ]
then i'm curious why this has never
happened to me . i have a V-RAM card with 512KB, and i've never has a
problem with using extended modes when going out to DOS .
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!cms2839 From: cms2839@isc.rit.edu (C.M. Stuntz ) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Video 7 VGA Pure Mode Switching Message-ID: <1990Dec5.202117.6534@isc.rit.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 20:21:17 GMT References: <cchapman.660317460@romeo> <6118@hsv3.UUCP> Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Lines: 21