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From: w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen)
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Subject: Re: CSHW830A.ZIP - Executable did not work
Summary: CShow 8.30a uses SuperVGA extentions and EMS memory if available
Keywords: CSHW830A.ZIP
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Date: 11 Jun 91 05:23:35 GMT
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ziegenfE@batman.moravian.EDU (Eric W. Ziegenfus) writes:
>I could not get the new version of Compushow to execute. Everything extracted
>from the ZIP file okay, no errors, but the executable just hung up without
>any output. Any help would be appreciated.

The doc file says that CShow may not be able to determine your video
display type and you may have to specify that it use generic VGA (if
that is your display type) in order to prevent it from attempting to
do SuperVGA extentions that your board may not support.

It also says that you can pick the correct display driver and rename
it to VIDEO.DRV and CShow will use it.  Also see the notes about where
in the PATH this should be placed, and about an environment variable
that can be used to define its location.

The author of CShow is reachable via e-mail.  The address is:

         76555.167@compuserve.com (Bob Berry)

CShow 8.30a works fine on my system.  Please remember that this new
version will attempt to use EMS memory if it's available.  You may
have a problem with memory conflicts.  See the docs for futher details.
     
Keith
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