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From: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com (venu.p.gopal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.software,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SVGA problem...
Summary: Try VESA
Message-ID: <1990Oct31.211245.29025@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 31 Oct 90 21:12:45 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <6845@hub.ucsb.edu>, gnome@banana.ucsb.edugnome@banana.ucsb.edugnome@banana.ucsb.edugnome@banana.ucsb.edu (Andy Perrine;6512 Segovia #313;961-7466;968-0403) writes:
! I recently purchased a brand new TVGA 8900 that will do 800x600x256
! and 1024x768x16.  The reason I'm sending out this post is to see if
! anyone can give me hints as to how to get this card to work with
! certain programs. Example:
! 
! While using PICEM 2.0, I am able to display any GIF, in all modes,
! including 800x600x256 and 1024x768x16. This program is very slow,
! though. 
! 
! If I use VPIC 3.0, I run into the following problem: If I try to
! display a picture in ANY 256 color mode (including 320x200!) the
! program maps the pixels wrong. It will paint the first 5th of the
! screen fine, then jump back to the top and paint the next 5th over the

If VESA support is available for the card (look at the software that
came with the board), you can check out all the SuperVGA modes using
VUIMAGE Gif/Tiff Viewer 2.62 or 2.70.  Use the VESA driver that comes
with the program.  VUIMAGE 2.62 is available from SIMTEL (VUIMG262.ZIP).


Venu P. Gopal   UUCP: ..!att!cbnewsc!vgopal   Internet: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com