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From: rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Window 3.0 is a Pain
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Date: 9 Apr 91 20:07:39 GMT
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mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes:

> rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes:

>< however, if you pop up the DV menu while Windows has the screen [in
>< a superVGA mode] switch to another task, and then return to
>< Windows,  the Windows screen image will be trashed.

>Err.. not exactly correct.  I use the 800x600x16 mode for windows under
>Desqview, and have no problem switching back/forth.  The screen contents
>are not trashed for either in either direction.  To do this, run the 
>Desqview ChangeProgram option, select F1=Advanced, and set the number
>of graphics pages to "4".

This works for the minority of SVGA cards which use only the standard
VGA addressing for their lower SVGA modes.  The DV manual, in fact,
explains this.  For the majority of SVGA cards, this technique will
not work.

//richard.
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