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From: splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
Subject: VGA card not working with grasprt. Works with VGA GIFS
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.022754.13379@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 91 02:27:54 GMT
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I have this weird problem. I have a clone Paradise (WDC) 1024 VGA card with 512K
of RAM that passes all the VGA compatibility checks. I can use 256 color
VGA programs fine on it. I can display 640 X 480 X 256 color gifs on it
fine. BUT VGA grasprt .GL files just don't work properly. When I try the
same grasprt.exe and .GL file on an IBM VGA, it works fine. I upgraded my
system recently to a 386-25 with an AMI BIOS, but my old system had an
AMI bios too, and I seem to remember it working. I don;t get it. Why would
all other VGA programs work fine, but not grasprt anymore?

The VGA .GL files play back in a distorted color, as if only EGA, with the
wrong palatte. It appears to use a different palatte each time I run it.

If anyone can shed some, light, I'd appreciate hearing about it. This has
got me stumped. And it used to work!!!

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Seng-Poh Lee
splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu