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From: dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch)
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Subject: Re: Desqview and SVGA
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Date: 16 Feb 90 14:31:06 GMT
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In article <29189@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@pepsi.amd.com () writes:
>As far as I can tell, Desqview has no support for Super VGA or any
>extended video modes. If you want to use anything better than IBM VGA,
>you are out of luck. 

Almost true.  Desqview doesn't support the super VGA modes, but will let
you use them in a full screen application.  If you switch out and back,
you'll probably lose some of it.  If you zoom it down to a window, DV is
smart enough (at least with my ATI VGA Wonder) to realize the display is
in a mode it doesn't understand, so it switches to a normal mode, and
draws a "graphics curtain" over the window.

>Is this true and does anyone know of plans to
>improve the situation? Maybe I should just dump DV for MS Windows...

On a 286, I doubt if either one is really worth using.  On a 386, DV
performs much better than Windows, and Windows/386 video drivers are
a little scarce.  So you might just have to wait.  I did see a message
from Quarterdeck in Fidonet echomail that they are considering releasing
the video driver format; if they do, drivers should appear very quickly.

Duncan Murdoch
Where guns are legal, people get shot.