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Article #69265Re: Dicky monitor? Advice please.
From: John Beardmore
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <psr+HAAsK9XxEwSf@nfarrell.demon.co.uk>, Neil Farrell <neil@nfarrell.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <JmiaBOAJduXxEwGd@wookie.demon.co.uk>, John Beardmore ><wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> writes >>In article <Uz2TUDAZ$jXxEwUT@nfarrell.demon.co.uk>, Neil Farrell >><neil@nfarrell.demon.co.uk> writes >>>In article <psmMAnAaPbXxEwSG@wookie.demon.co.uk>, John >>>Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> writes >>>>In article <Mb7FBEApm2WxEwte@nfarrell.demon.co.uk>, Neil Farrell >>>><neil@nfarrell.demon.co.uk> writes >>>> >>>>>since my new card (Oct. 95) the screen size on my display has reduced, >>>>>supposedly due to it being old, pre 1993 (commodore 1934). >>>> >>>>May just be different timing from the video card... >>Anything you cold suggest would be much appreciated. >> >>OK. >> >>When you change mode on a video card or when you use different makes of >>card at the same resolution, the picture frequently changes size a bit, >>or sometimes quite a lot. > >Thanks John. > >Can anything be done to rectify this? You have played with the horizontal and vertical size controls ? > Without looking, i think my monitor is >defined by the user and as i suspect it is set to the lowest screen >sizes/resolutions (680/480-or something @256 col.) etc. The screen is the >same when the video card is set to standard vga (which i think amounts to the >settings i already have). > >Be honest... it's a new monitor really isn't it ? Maybe if you can't adjust it give an adequate size picture. Might be worth getting it fixed ? Some of my monitors are nearly 10 year old NEC Multisync beasts. Scrapping one that's just 3 or 4 years old seems a little premature... J/. -- John Beardmore
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