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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Color Display problem with Borland Pascal V5.0
Message-ID: <1608@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 89 02:39:38 GMT
References: <20484@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Rick's Home-Grown UNIX; Portland, OR.
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ny.edu>@adm.BRL.MIL writes:

<I Have Problems Using Turbo Pascal Software From Borland On Mine Pc.
<The Color Monitor Gets Blue When I Invoke Turbopascal 5.0. It Is Impossible
<To See What Is In The Editor File. The Situation Can Be Restored By Pressing
<<Alt> <D> <R> (Refresh Screen), But This Is Not A Real Solution Since The
<Problem Appears Too When I Use The Debugger, And When I Leave The Pascal
<Environment. I Had No Problem With Tp 4.0.
<The Configuration I Have Is As Follows:
<  Tulip At Compact
<  Ati Egawonder Card, Bios Version 3.05
<  Tulip Pc - Color Monitor
<  Tulip Msdos Version 3.20.

Well, since it messes up when you leave TP as well as when you enter
it, I'd suspect your system. TP assumes a *very* standard system. If
you aren't 100% compatible at the BIOS level it won't work right.

The first thing I'd do is see if you can get a later version of the
bios for the ATI board. They have a real bad reputation when it comes
to BIOS compatiblity. 

As a test, see if you can borrow a CGA card from someone. It should
work fine with your EGA monitor, and if TP works ok with it, then you
know the problem is the ATI card. If it doesn't work with a CGA try a
a copy of PC-DOS 3.2. If it still doesn't work, you may have to either
go back to TP 4.0 or get a more compatible machine.
-- 
Leonard Erickson		...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard
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