Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a752 From: a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Orchid ProDesigner Plus 800x600 mode and W4W problem Message-ID: <4495@mindlink.UUCP> Date: 17 Jan 91 21:41:13 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 39 > plum@mpx1.lampf.lanl.gov writes: > Person: Plum, Michael A. > > When running in 800x600 mode, WINDOWS 3.0 runs fine, except when I use > WORD FOR WINDOWS and EXCEL. In the case of WORD FOR WINDOWS, I still get > just 6.5 inches across the screen, same as for VGA. Microsoft has attempted > to solve the problem with no success. Orchid refuses to believe there is > a problem with their driver. > This problem is part of a class of problems (or better yet, obscure areas) related to Super VGA modes. The display which you get for WfW seems to depend on both the actual 800x600 driver supplied by the video card manufacturer, and by which fonts are used with the driver. I have been looking at video cards for use with WfW, intending to run in 800x600 mode in order to see more of the page. I have observed the following behaviours in 800x600 mode, using drivers supplied by the video card manufacturers: 1) ATI VGA Wonder card: setting up Windows with the 800x600 driver gives about 8 inches horizontally of the page visible. The standard VGA fonts are still used. Since the same number of pixels are used for each letter, letters are slightly smaller on the screen. 2) Brand X card using Trident chip set: same behaviour as ATI card 3) Brand X card using Tseng chip set: the driver supplied with the card still gives only about 6 inches of visible page (as seen by the ruler). However, the installation of the driver also changes the fonts specified in the win.ini file to the font set designed for the IBM 8514 1024x768 monitor. (note, a font such as Helvetica is labled HELVE in its VGA version and HELVF in its 8515 version). 8514 fonts are also specified for system use. Since the 8514 fonts use more pixels to draw each character, the net result of changing to 800x600 is to increase the definition that each character is drawn with, rather than using the increased pixels to increase the amount of paper seen on the screen. -- Bruce Dunn Vancouver, Canada a752@mindlink.UUCP