Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu!pollack From: pollack@dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Zenith Supersport 286 video Message-ID: Date: 6 Mar 91 18:17:08 GMT References: <91064.012727GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 21 In-reply-to: GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA's message of 5 Mar 91 06:27:27 GMT Tough luck. I fought zenith for a year on selling the "640 by 400" which was INCAPABLE of using those pixel in graphics mode. Despite much research, and complaining, and phone calls, it turns out that the designer for the video section wired in the Yamaha video chip in such a way that no possible software could make use of higher res modes. So, all you get is a nice text font and CGA graphics. The Toshiba Double Scan CGA machines allow you to drive them at full resolution from WIndoes, but not the Supersport286. Choices: 1) Trade up to a 286e or the newer 286 8lb 'sport, 2) Sell it and buy something new, or 3) Buy the external cardbox, a VGA card and Monitor, and settle for CGA on the road. -- Jordan Pollack Assistant Professor CIS Dept/OSU Laboratory for AI Research 2036 Neil Ave Email: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu Columbus, OH 43210 Fax/Phone: (614) 292-4890