On 26 May 2002 at 17:18, Robert C Wittig wrote: >I have a vintage 1994 IBM PS/1 486 DX with a standard for that >time IBM PS/1 monitor. When I installed Win 3.1 on it a couple >months ago (used to be plain DOS), I just let the install follow >its default path, and it installed plain vanilla 'VHS' for the >driver. I just picked up a copy of Macromedia Director for Win >3.1, and it needs a more specific driver, with either an 800 x >600 or 1024 x 768 screen resolution. > >Win 3.11 has the drivers on disk to support these resolutions... >but before I install, I was wondering how to determine which >resolutions my monitor might support, how much video memory I >have (these resolutions in 256 colors indicate they need 1 MB), >and what will happen, if I install a driver that is incorrect.<g> >I would hate to install a driver that messed up the monitor so >badly that I could not access the computer to change things back >in Windows mode.. or at least if I know such a problem might >exist, I want to prepare in advance, to know how to reverse the >changes in DOS, where the Windows drivers won't be running. > >Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Ah... the eternal quest for the "perfect video resolution". :-) Well, the best advice I can give is to try to find specs on your monitor and video card before you start, so that you'll know what the upper limits you can safely try are. After that, to change the video setting back after a failled attempt to change to a higher resolution: 1. Reboot in DOS 2. Change directory to C:\WINDOWS (or wherever Windows is installed) 3. Run SETUP.EXE You'll be able to go back to plain VGA 4. Start Windows, and try the next lower video setting. Hope this helps, Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "Ta'Lon, is that you?" "It's me most days, except for those days when I don't feel quite like myself and I suppose that I am someone else, but for now, yes, it is me." -G'Kar and Ta'Lon, Babylon 5 episode: _The_Ragged_Edge_ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
