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From: fredf@microsoft.UUCP (Fred FREELAND)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Wallpaper Question -- more info and a new problem!
Message-ID: <58114@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 90 16:50:44 GMT
References: <10958.270fce37@ecs.umass.edu>
Reply-To: fredf@microsoft.UUCP (Fred FREELAND)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <10958.270fce37@ecs.umass.edu> daly@ecs.umass.edu writes:
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>I have some more data for the "can't use xxxxx.bmp as wallpaper" problem:
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>FYI: I'm using a 512K ATI (No 256 color driver @#$%@#$ !!! :-)  VGAWONDER card 
>with their 800x600x16 driver.  (Could it be the driver's fault? Or is this 
>problem the product of a short-sighted machine that holds max. 1 MB total RAM?)
>
I'm fairly certain that your problem is related to the ATI board you're using,
and more specifically, to the driver itself.
 
I had a similar flip-flop of top to bottom with my OEM version of the ATI
card. I was using their new SVGA drivers that I had just downloaded direct
from their bulletin board in Toronto. I reinstalled it according to their
instructions and still had the same behavior. I suspect they still have
a bug in their new drivers. I do know that when I changed my VGA card to
one that supported Windows 3.0 with 800x600x256 and 1024x768x256 drivers
my problem went away. I've been happy ever since.

Incidentally, the system I experienced this behavior on was a Micronix 386/25
system that I have at home.

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