On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 02:35:45 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote: > On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 10:12:57 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 02:22:08 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote: >> <snip> >>> There is another problem with the 486 ... too less colors. >>> How to run the screen setup for HI-COLOR mode without losing the >>> complete installation details like phonenumbers, passwords etc.? >>> Arachne Video Setup does not work... 'try selected graphics mode' returns: >>> Unable to initialize video mode - please run setup.bat >>> This brings me into an endless circle... and sometimes to an FATAL runtime >>> error. 16 colors is not that much... >> Here's another feature that Clarence gets the credit for. :)) >> He has made it possible to do 'on the fly' vidoe setup. >> Hit F1, >> Choose 'How to use Arachne to optimize colors', >> Hit 'Video setup' (upper-right corner of page) >> Change video modes and continue to surf in the new mode/color depth. > Yeah ... I already discovered this feature but it seems not to work. > Whatever mode I choose the page always comes back with 'VGA 640x480 > 256KB 16 colors. > Maybe their is some trouble with the machine although Windoze gives me > 256 colors... I would like HiColor 640x480 (800x600) > Arachne detected video adapter TRIDENT > Indeed I detected a Trident videocard with TVGA8900C chip inside the > machine. In above mentioned video setup.... choose VESA/640x480/HiColor (instead of the Trident choice) -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
