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From: keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Wallpaper Question -- more info and a new problem!
Message-ID: <4508@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 90 20:36:21 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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In article <58114@microsoft.UUCP> fredf@microsoft.UUCP (Fred FREELAND) writes:
>In article <10958.270fce37@ecs.umass.edu> daly@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>>
>>I have some more data for the "can't use xxxxx.bmp as wallpaper" problem:
>>
>>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 too, have seen these problems with *my* ATI OEM card.  Guess ATI isn't as
great as PC Magazine thinks...

    JWKIII
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