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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: How do I get large BMPs as desktops?
Keywords: BMP desktop
Message-ID: <40976537@bfmny0.BFM.COM>
Date: 15 Apr 91 02:55:26 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
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I can verify the problem with big BMP's in enhanced mode.  I have a 486
under DOS 4.0, and a Boca SuperVGA+ (another Tseng ET4000 chipset card,
like the Orchid II).  My monitor is an NEC 4D but *really* fellas, you
ought to know that's got nothing to do with the problem! :-)

I was crestfallen after spending nearly a meg on a gorgeous Yosemite
bitmap (you don't think I'm gonna leave one of those OTHER kinds of GIFs
sitting around as my desktop, do ya???!) and having WIN /3 croak while
loading it.

I can only assume that Windows manages its Enhanced mode memory in such
a way as to leave only ~500k for the desktop bitmap.  Perhaps MS will
fix this in a future release.