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- >>>>> "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.
-
- We're aware of this problem, but we can't find any way around it. The
- problem is that SVGA boards make the border be "color 0" in SuperVGA
- modes, and the Mac requires color 0 be _white_. Most DOS programs
- just leave color 0 black. The VGA "overscan" register, which controls
- border color, appears to work in "old-style" VGA modes, but not SVGA
- modes, and video drivers provide no standard way to set the border
- color.
-
- Blah!
-
- You get a black border without a VBE 2.0 video driver because Executor
- actually flips the pixel values when sending them to the SVGA screen!
- This imposes a small performance penalty, but is more visually
- pleasing.
-
- Sorry about this...I'm not sure how to fix it, unless we do a
- different hack for each video board out there.
-
- -Mat
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-