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> >THANKS for that, two others (anonymous and so uncontactable I guess)
> >say they have Autotrax working under windows 2000, and one under XP,
> >so it seems autotrax works under both XP and w2k, if setup right.
> >
> >As soon as I get more complete instructions off someone, I'll
> >put it on a webpage, meanwhile I have added your comment about
> >Mouse:exclusive mode to my existing page.
> >(Pity I don't have the OS myself, I suppose, to try it)
> >Anyone who can instructions/testing, please email me!

"Mike" <erazmus@iinet.net.au> wrote
> I think the video card and its operating mode seem to be
> the most important issue - banked versus linear addressing,
> and whether the video chips are integrated on the mother
> board of a laptop for example. Some time next week I want
> to try 1600x1200 on a 16" sony laptop with WINXP professional
> and running from a 128Meg memory stick - mmmm.

(To anyone starting the thread here, we are talking about protel
autotrax video drivers, especially making them work under XP or w2k:
http://airborn.com.au/layout/easytrax.html )

Well that would be a relief.  We have managed to get the
new autotrax video drivers working on most video cards
under w98.  (I say "we" because effectively it is the
people who use the drivers who originally did the testing)
If there are problems, it is usually just a case of getting
the latest VESA driver to suit the video card - video cards
often seem to be shipped with first-version drivers.

> It could be that XP sets up the video card in banked mode
> before running the dos app, your Vesa driver uses linear
> (I think) and therefore has trouble - maybe we need a short
> .COM file to switch the video card to linear before
> TRAXEDIT.EXE loads up in that dos window - and maybe
> switches it back to banked after autotrax finishes...

The source is available on the website - although ofcourse
it is always hard to read someone elses code - but the code
does bank switch, in banks of 64k.  I hope we are talking
about the same thing...?

> Are you aware of bank versus linear - is there a possible
> alternate set of drivers - Christine (btw) came up with
> this as a possible issue - I'll have more feedback during
> week,

I will try and help if I can...