Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!yale!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!bronze!silver!jburka From: jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Burka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: VCTRDEMO.PRG problem Message-ID: <1991Feb11.151854.4860@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: 11 Feb 91 15:18:54 GMT References: <1991Feb11.011636.14255@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1991Feb11.053755.19095@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 26 In article entropy@ai.mit.edu (entropy) writes: >In article <1991Feb11.053755.19095@ecst.csuchico.edu> ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes: >> Don't load any memory resident programs or desk accessories. The >> demo should also be run in low res. It looks strange in med. If >> you have an ICD hard drive, disable the booter. >I don't think that's the problem, as I've run the demo with all my >normal auto stuff and accessories and it works fine. The problem is >probably the fact that the demo uses a software overscan hack to put >graphics in the border. This is extremely tricky and requires perfect >synchronization with the monitor, something you're not likely to get >with an RF modulator and a TV set. I had problems with the demo (blocks of gibberish) until I put it on a floppy and booted without the HD or any TSRs/ACCs. It would seem to depend on what auto programs one is running.... Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka |"I've lost my way through this world of | |jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu | profanities/I thrive on the wind and | |jburka@amber.ucs.indiana.edu | the rain and the cold." --Happy Rhodes|