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Re: White Border when running uvbe51



>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Zeyliger <vzvz@netcom.com> writes:

    Philip> When I run the VESA 2 graphics thingy and start executor I
    Philip> get a white border around the whole screen.  It doesn't
    Philip> affect anything but is annoying.  Here are executor
    Philip> -info's:

Right, the white border is due to there being no portable way to set
the "overscan color" even under VESA 2.  This is annoying and we may
be able to fix it for some selected video cards with special case code
-- yahoo.

    Philip> What is the format of HFV like?  If on it's empty space it
    Philip> has a consistent character then we should make a very fast
    Philip> compression program to compress the drive.  If the drive
    Philip> is not full then we do not need to use the full drive
    Philip> size.  -- Philip

An HFV is just the raw bits that you'd have on a Mac formatted
diskette or hard drive.  It has been suggested that we implement an
option that zeros out unused blocks, and it's a good suggestion, but
it's a lower priority task than many other things on our plate,
getting Photoshop 3 running, for instance.

BTW, as you may be able to tell from this response, I'm approximately
one week behind in answering non-critical mail.  I hope to get caught
up before Hackathon I starts, but I'll probably slip behind again
during Hackathon I.

	--Cliff
	ctm@ardi.com


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