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From: eric@eecg.toronto.edu (Eric Smith)
Subject: Re: problem using 800x600 with Trindent VGA (TVGA)
Message-ID: <1990Nov26.222456.24565@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: EECG, University of Toronto
References: <1990Nov26.091741.24325@eecs.wsu.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 90 03:24:56 GMT
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In article <1990Nov26.091741.24325@eecs.wsu.edu> kho@eecs.wsu.edu (ho ka-ian wilson      - CS495) writes:
>
>  I have a question on using 800x600 display driver. I am using a Excel vga+
>card and MagicSync mointer.
>   The only problem is that the display area on my mointer shink vertically.
>That is, instead of about 1/2 inch form the edge of the mointer, I have two
>inch from each side. This make everything show on the screen very skinny and
>tall. My mointer does not have a horizontal size dial for adjusting the 
>horizontal width. 
>
>   Is there anything that I can do to fix this problem? May be adjusting
>something on the Excel vga+ card? Does anyone using the Excell vga+ card 
>with the TVGA driver have the same problem? Any help will be appreciated.
>
>kho@eecs.wsu.edu

I have the same hardware combination as you (MagicSync monitor
and Trident 8800-based VGA), and the same problems.  The 800x600
mode is severely compressed horizontally, and I have also found that
640x480x256 mode under Win3 produces a scrambled picture (Edwin
Ng, edwin@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz, reported the same problem), and the
1024x768 mode flickers too much for prolonged use.  I have tried
the drivers from cica as well as downloading directly from the
Trident BBS, but to no avail.

Has any Trident owner been able to solve these problems?

Eric Smith

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