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- From: azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Problems with SVGA drivers??
- Keywords: tseng,video,graphics
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.224226.25280@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 22:42:26 GMT
- References: <dritz.727821076@husc.harvard.edu>
- Sender: news@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
- Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- In article <dritz.727821076@husc.harvard.edu> dritz@husc8.harvard.edu (Jay Dritz) writes:
- >
- >I can run VGA and EGA graphics programs in a DOS window on the OS/2 desk-
- >top with the VGA drivers that came with the OS/2 CSD.
- >
- >However, using the high-resolution TSENG drivers (I have an Orchid Pro-
- >Designer II with 1 MB memory), I cannot run VGA or EGA programs in a DOS
- >window on the PM desktop. I thought that OS/2 allowed one to do this.
- >Is this a bug or is it impossible as of yet? I get a message saying
- >something like "video mode not supported in window. program suspended
- >until switch to full-screen mode." When I switch to full-screen, I have
- >no problems.
-
- Which TSENG drivers are you using? The ones on the OS/2 2.1 beta allow most
- video modes to run in a window, but not ALL modes. 640x400 aspect ratio
- mode is one that comes to mind.
-