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From: vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Incompatibilities with Overscan
Message-ID: <1991Jun30.014713.26944@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 30 Jun 91 01:47:13 GMT
Reply-To: vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Van Snyder)
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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I've observed the following incompatible things about using overscan.
I'd like to know if anybody has fixes or work-arounds for them:

1.  The VT52 emulator (the one used for .TOS and .TTP programs) doesn't
scroll correctly.  Once the screen fills, it just copies the bottom line
forevermore.
2.  If I setup a desktop.inf to make my windows tall, and put some icons
(e.g. trash) far down the screen, and then re-boot with overscan off, the
icons are all on the screen, but the windows aren't.  In particular, the
size box is off-screen.  One CAN re-size by making the windows FULL, and then
dragging to the right size, but it would be easier if the desktop just made
sure it's windows would fit when they're opened.
3.  TrboDemo crashes the system.
4.  v_clrwk doesn't clear all the screen, and it somehow mahes what it DOES
clear jitter (a lot).
5.  Uniterm doesn't work :-(.
6.  OSCAN_60 doesn't let me run in either low or medium rez.  The first
setup screen seems OK, the second (with the lines around and across the
screen) is a little screwy (the diagonal lines are triple, in different
colors), and when I finish setup, I've got hash.  I'm using the one 
called 1.6b.  I forgot who "improved" it.

Other stuff I'm using includes:
VDIFIX version 30.01.91
PoolFix3, improved by Claus Brod, 27 Mar 90
Foldr 100.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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