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From: decomyn@penguin.uss.tek.com
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Fractint v15.0 and hercules graphics
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Date: 18 Dec 90 02:28:13 GMT
References: <6982@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
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Reply-To: decomyn@penguin.uss.tek.com (Vergil William de Comyn)
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In article <6982@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> Michael Barnett writes:
>I can't get the fractint v15.0 program to run on my PC with hercules
>graphics.  The text doesn't show up but the graphics will.  In a cga
>emulation mode (using a software emulator) I can get the text (which
>has been done nicely), but the graphics is all garbled.
>
>Has any one out there experienced similar problems?  Is there anything
>I am neglecting to do?

You beat me to this.  Now that I have part 12 and have un-uuencoded,
and un-zooed it, it won't work with my Hercules compatable card either.
I can switch to CGA mode in hardware and it works fine, but when I 
try it in Hercules mode, all I get is a blank screen with the cursor
in the upper left corner.

It appears that the code for switching to Hercules graphics mode was
somehow altered in the latest update (or perhaps the code that detects
the graphics card type was munged.)  If nayone has the source to 
this version, could you please check the Herc graphics section and
see if there has been some change?


>T.I.A.
>-- 
>          Michael Barnett s873561@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
>                 RMIT/VUT, Melbourne, Australia
>   "The opinions expressed here belong to whoever wants them" :-)  

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