Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!cms2839 From: cms2839@isc.rit.edu (C.M. Stuntz ) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Video 7 VGA Pure Mode Switching Message-ID: <1990Dec5.202117.6534@isc.rit.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 20:21:17 GMT References: <6118@hsv3.UUCP> Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Lines: 21 In article <6118@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes: >In article cchapman@msd.gatech.edu (Chuck H. Chapman) writes: >>I'm using a Video 7 VRAM VGA with 512k of RAM. When I run non-windows >>programs, the PURE mode is turned on, which disables any extensions >>beyond normal VGA capability. > >"It's not a bug, it's a feature." >[ bunch of other stuff basically saying that Video-7 turns on >pure mode when shelling out to dos to avoid program conflicts ] then i'm curious why this has never happened to me . i have a V-RAM card with 512KB, and i've never has a problem with using extended modes when going out to DOS . -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ "Imagination keeps the shadows away - Xymox @ @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ @ a.stranger - CMS2839%RITVAX.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu @