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From: silos@bench.sublink.ORG (Paolo Pennisi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Hi-res. Windows/386 w/ ATI VGA card
Message-ID: <441@bench.sublink.ORG>
Date: 1 Apr 90 15:57:30 GMT
References: <37900001@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> <1990Mar28.192709.26244@seri.gov>
Organization: Paolo Pennisi,Milano Italy
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In article <1990Mar28.192709.26244@seri.gov>, marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) writes:
[...]
> I used to use 800x600, but the letters were too small for me to read
> comfortably.  The flicker was really annoying.  I bought a 16" tube
> from Dell which helps with the small letters, but it still flickers.
> That's because the board is interlaced.
> 
> >	Another (probably) related question..
> >	Whenever I run vsetup provided by ATI, I notice I was using an VGA
> >	monitor but not an ANALOG one which I keep on selecting as the power
> >	up choice. On the other hand, vsetup tells me that it detects my
> >	NEC 3D. How do I make windows/386 know my monitor can handle 1024x768?
> 
> It's not the monitor.  It's the card.  See above.
[...]

I'm sure that the ATI vga Wonder doesn't interlace at 800x600 resolution,
and it interlaces at 1024x768 only if the monitor can't handle the full
resolution. For this purposes you have the capability to tell the board
precisely which kind of analog/multisynch monitor you have.
Remember that the ATI vga autodetects the kind of monitor, but I think
that is impossible to detect also brand name and fine resolution.

Disclaimer: I don't work for ATI, neither I will be paid for this comment.
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