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From: fish@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gil Winograd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Funny VGA problems
Keywords: vga paradise
Message-ID: <26c4457c-10ccomp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 11 Aug 90 17:55:05 GMT
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I just recently bought a 386SX system (1Meg RAM) from Mirage Computers in
California (ad in Computer Shopper). With the computer, I bought the Super
VGA option, which is a Paradise 1024i OEM card (256K RAM) and a Loop monitor.
(The card name is EMK-16 VGA1024). The problem I have is: Occasionally when
I am scrolling up and down through text, some of the attribute bytes on the
text screen get messed up, so that, for no apparent reason, there will be
a blinking "a" or a green "h" in the middle of the screen. The text itself
is never garbled or destroyed, just its associated attribute byte. This
happens most often in TELIX when I use ALT-B to scroll back text, but has
also happened to a lesser extent in Turbo C. All VGA diagnostics I have run
say that my card is in perfect working order, operating in 16 bits with full
capabilities, etc... The only advice I received so far from Mirage is
to check my DIP switches, which I did. Any other advice?

Thanks, -* Gil
fish@vpnet.chi.il.us