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From: shedevil@portia.Stanford.EDU (Annie)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Ok Windows Wizards...help with CGA/EGA/VGA problem?
Message-ID: <1990Oct31.171721.17162@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 31 Oct 90 17:17:21 GMT
Organization: Stanford Law School
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Ok, now I have the weirdest hybrid system, sort of.  Here's my PRE-window
experience:

I'm running a Tandon 286.  I have an Amdek Color 600 monitor, which is
technically CGA, and a clone of some IBM monitor, I forget which model
although the number "5102" is stuck in my head for some reason.

It is being driven by a Genoa 5400 vga card.

Now, you will just have to take my word for this, which many don't:
the resolution and performance I am getting from this monitor is beyond
CGA.  If I want to I can set it down to CGA, which I have to for a bridge
tutor I have, but I am running alot of things in VGA mode, including
some gif stuff I have.  My smooth and jump utilities work as well, and thus
I have absolutely NO jitter when I scroll, etc.

Obviously I am not complaining! It's great, and even the Amdek people
and the Genoa people dis-beleived me <or thought I was nuts, or something>.

Anyway, THEN I get windows.  Which works fine.  But windows apparently
<according the MS after 1/2 hour on hold long distance to their 
wonderful support line> will only run in black and white on a CGA.  
I tried setting it up as a true VGA, just to see what happened, and I got
AMAZINGLY terrific resolution...I mean, this baby worked its heart out
and gave me the most amazing screen, AND COLOURS! But in triplicate
(i.e there were 3 windows logos, all in a row, on the screen,a nd some
horizontal interference).  I tried all the drivers too, not just the
Genoa ones...ALL of 'em.  I figured what the heck, this is such a weird
system, who knows WHAT might work! :-D

Well, nothing did.  But I bet, given my systems willingness to emulate
some higher form of life then CGA, I can somehow do SOMEthing to get
some colour up on this screen.

Any suggestions?



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