From: andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas Turanski)
Subject: Real Solution- IMHO (Re: Does 32-bit Tseng driver work with Speedstar?
Summary: previous response incorrect?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17:52:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.194331.17182@husc3.harvard.edu> gouvea@zariski.harvard.edu (Fernando Gouvea) writes:
>In article <1992Nov6.172034.3131@athena.mit.edu> rpeou@athena.mit.edu (Rith   Peou) writes:
>>
>>I was wondering if anyon with a Diamond SpeedStar video card has been able
>>to use the 32-bit Tseng driver in 1024x768 mode.  Using this mode, my system
>>hangs with the hard drive light continuously on, but it works in 800x600
>>mode; an even stranger thing is that the system hangs at different times,
>>sometimes just after the OS/2 logo disappears, sometimes just when the 
>>WPS is loaded, and other at other times, but I have never gotten past the
>>screen refreshing for the WPS.
>>
>>Is it just my system or have other people experienced the same?  Has anyone
>>been successful running 1024x768 mode on the Speedstar?
>
>I've had no problems at all, so far, and I don't think I did anything
>special. One item that might help: put a call to vmode.com (somthing like
>"vmode monitor") in your DOS autoexec.bat, so that it gets executed before
>the svga utility runs. (You'll need to set up your monitor first, so that
>"vmode monitor" works.) I've had it set up like that with GA, so it
>happened without my intervention when selective install installed the
>drivers. I haven't done anything else, but note that there is a section in
>the new README file about handling the SpeedStar; it suggests running
>vmode.com from the startup.cmd file. I don't...but I do have WIN-OS/2 Full
>Screen in my startup folder, so that vmode does get exectued every time I
>start up the system.
>
>
Sorry Fernando, but I do not think you are correct in your recommendations.
While it probably WILL work, the way that I think this is supposed to be
accomplished is the following:

1- Start in any OS/2 screen-mode you can get to work.
2- Start a full dos session.
3- Type: SVGA off
4- Run the VMODE dos program which came with the SpeedStar to
   customize your your screen refresh rates by choosing the correct monitor,
   be it one of the default ones or one you have customized. I personally
   Type VMODE MONITOR, then VMODE VESA to load the VESA refresh rates.
5- NOW type: SVGA ON
6- Type 'EXIT' to exit the full screen dos session.
7- Shut down your system.
8- Now you can startup your system again to do whatever you must
   to select the 1024x768 mode.

I firmly believe this will work.  This way I think that it is not necessary
to have vmode run from your startup.cmd or autoexec.bat files.  This may be
wrong, in which case I apologize for misinforming anyone and I would
appreciate someone gently pointing this out.

Andreas.
>
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>Fernando Q. Gouvea				fqgouvea@colby.edu
>Dept. of Math/CS				(207)-872-3278
>Colby College					Mudd 407


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