Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!gmdzi!strobl From: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Problem with: Trident 8800, 256 colours and MS Excel 2.1c Message-ID: <4044@gmdzi.gmd.de> Date: 8 Feb 91 19:45:22 GMT References: <91032.140944KEM-PMP@finou.oulu.fi> Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany Lines: 15 KEM-PMP@finou.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) writes: >I recently re-installed windows 3.0 with 256 colours (I use Trident's drivers). >Win3works fine, even in 386 Enhanced mode. However, Excel 2.1c fails to work >properly with this combination; the Clear command (Clear All) produces an >unrecoverable application error. This does not happen in real mode or with >ordinary 16-colour VGA (with windows' own drivers). The problem does not exist >in 800*600 (16-colour)display or in 1024*768 (16-colour) display. Evidently >it is here that Excel fails to be compatible with Win3. Has anyone had similar >problems? Any solutions (other than getting Excel 3.0) ? Get Excel 2.1d. Perhaps this solves the problem. Wolfgang Strobl #include