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- Hi, 05/08/93
-
- +- Disclaimer --- Disclaimer --- Disclaimer --- Disclaimer --- Disc
- | REMEMBER! THIS PROGRAM COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! IT l
- r MIGHT EASILY DAMAGE OR EVEN DESTROY YOUR SVGA MONITOR AND/OR a
- e COMPUTER! IT WILL MOST CERTAINLY DESTROY ANY MONITOR THAT i
- m DOES NOT HANDLE SVGA MODES!!! IF YOU RUN IT, YOU DO SO AT m
- i YOUR OWN RISK! I DO NOT GIVE ANY WARRANTY, NOT EVEN THE e
- a WARRANTY OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR r
- l PURPOSE! |
- csiD --- remialcsiD --- remialcsiD --- remialcsiD --- remialcsiD -+
-
- FS's handling of the Vsetmode()-system call has been changed; thus it
- should cause even less compatibility problems then the old version.
- Nevertheless, I might have missed something; so in case you discover any
- strange effects when running FS, please report them immediately. Uwe
- ("rosebud") tells me, that FS works with NVDI, if you start NVDI first.
- I cannot verify this, since I do not have NVDI (yet). Please drop me a
- message, if there are any unexpected difficulties in gettings FS to work
- under NVDI.
-
- The range of valid resolutions has been extended up to 928x704@40Hz.
- Special thanks to Harald ("equinoxe") for finding the improved video
- settings!
-
- All valid video modes are now stored in a global table. This allows for
- easier expansion of new modes. FS will automatically measure the exact
- vertical refresh rate, while you preview a video mode during setup.
- Thus, if you added a new mode, you will be able to tell the refresh rate
- after previewing it...
-
- There are three different ways of activating setup mode. If FS is
- started and the preselected resolution equals 640x480 you will
- automatically enter setup mode (this happens the very first time, you
- start FS.PRG). Any time you press "S" while FS is being installed
- (usually from within the AUTO folder), the setup mode can be entered on
- demand. Finally, you can change the settings by starting FS.PRG while
- FalconScreen is already activ; this will allow you to change FS's
- parameters without rebooting, nonetheless you might end up with strange
- system behavior --- GEM just does not expect you to change its variables
- while running :-)
-
- Regardless of the resolution you started FS from, setup mode will always
- provide you with a preview feature of the current parameters: just press
- any shift key; this features simplifies finding the optimal video
- resolution for your monitor (besides it determines the exact vertical
- refresh rate --- as opposed to the estimate you are prompted with before
- previewing).
-
- FS will check if there is already an active instance of FS in the
- system; thus it will only install once. Nevertheless, old versions of FS
- did not have this check. If you happen to run more than one copy of FS
- at a time (e.g. you forgot to remove the old version), you might run
- into serious trouble (the video resolution differs from the resolution
- that VDI knows about). Thus, if you cannot get a working version of FS,
- please make sure, that there is no old copy, that is accidentally
- started.
-
- I am running FS on an F030/14 with TOS 4.01 in ROM and I do not have any
- problems neither with nor without MTOS. The initial screen resolution
- while booting is 640x480x1bit and the order of the AUTO-programs does
- not seem to make any difference. If you cannot get FS to run, try to
- remove resident programs in order to find out what is causing your
- problems. If you can find a way that enables me to reproduce your
- problems, please send me a message. BTW, NVDI supposedly works with FS
- is started first --- so please reorder or AUTO-folder programs
- accordingly.
-
- If you have any comments, suggestions, improved register values etc.
- please send e-mail. The improvement of this program really depends on
- how much info I can get about the video chip...
-
- Since I do not have access to any "plain" RGB monitor (all monitors, I
- can possibly get hold of are SVGA multisyncs), I cannot really find any
- settings for RGB monitors. If you happen to find useful values, please
- send me a message. I might think of working on resolutions with
- different amounts of colors myself, but I am not sure, if will do this
- any time soon.
-
- Apart from FS.PRG and the source code, this archive contains two other
- programs. VIDEO.PRG is a program for interactive manipulation of the
- video registers; it is very straight forward and should not be too
- difficult to use. SCRPROT.PRG is a MiNT/MTOS aware screen-protector.
- Just put it into your AUTO-folder after MiNT has been booted. It will
- activate after 2min without any user actions (warning, I am unable to
- detect mouse clicks --- just mouse movements and keyboard events are
- detected!). You can always deactivate the screen protector by killing
- its demon task.
-
- These programs are still beta-versions! (I do not know, if there will
- ever be a non-beta version, since the risk of destroying an non-SVGA
- monitor by activating this program is very high...) You are allowed to
- redistribute this program as long as you do not charge anybody for it
- *and* as long as you make absolutely certain that whoever has this
- program knows, it is a beta release! These programs are postcardware, so
- if you like them, send a postcard to:
- Markus Gutschke
- Papenbusch 31
- 4400 M"unster
- W-Germany
-
- For further information refer to the source code ("Use the source,
- Luke!"). The C modul (FS.C) contains some comments that might help you
- to detect what is causing your problems...
-
- So long
-
- Markus
-
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- Markus Gutschke | Internet: srb242@math.uni-muenster.de
- Papenbusch 31 | Markus.Gutschke@obelix.uni-muenster.de
- 4400 M"unster |-------------------------------------------------------------
- W-Germany | "Death --- no excuse for not working!"
- | ('Supreme Being' in 'Time Bandits')
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