Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!alb
From: alb@cognos.UUCP (Al Belyea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Platinum Paint & VOC
Message-ID: <9285@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 91 16:56:18 GMT
Reply-To: alb@cognos.UUCP (Al Belyea)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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Is anyone else using Platinum Paint (v1.0.1) in a machine equipped with a
Video Overlay Card?

I've noticed a couple of problems and I'd like to know if anybody else has 
experienced similar ones.

From the Palette Menu, try selecting the Scale option. I believe they 
implemented this using 3200-colour techniques, and of course the VOC causes 
the display to screw up. It can still be used but it looks ugly.

Secondly, when using Fat Bits and using a Brush Mode like Slide, you'll get 
garbage painted on the bottom scroll bar (but it doesn't affect the document),
and your brush disappears in the lower half of the screen. If you bring the
brush in from the top half of the screen, it appears to work OK until you 
cross the halfway mark - then it disappears.
  
Both of these symptoms strongly suggest a collision with the VOC video 
hardware. Can anybody confirm this? BTW, I'm running 5.0.4.


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