From: qballlives AT aol DOT com (QBallLives)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro videomodes
Date: 22 Mar 1998 07:19:23 GMT
Lines: 26
Message-ID: <1998032207192300.CAA14589@ladder01.news.aol.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder01.news.aol.com
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
References: <3513F8BF DOT 8B541627 AT earthling DOT net>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Precedence: bulk

>
>Is there a reason why Allegro can only go 640x480x16 bpp on my screen?
>I've got a stingray video card, and I can't get any other modes to work
>- none of the 800x600, none of the 1024x768 either....and 640x480x24bpp
>doesn't work.  I know I can do them though, because in Windows I've
>switched back and forth between all of these modes and they work just
>fine.  I even tried Scitech, and it still doesn't work.  Does anyone
>else have these problems?
>
>
>
>
>

The trouble with video cards is that everybody wants to proprietize the
things.... those super VGA modes aren't really standardized the way VGAs
are....

... it seems like standardization only comes with the onset of obsolescense...
(don't flame me for spelling errors)..


Jim the loiterer
aloiterer AT juno DOT com
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/gigahertz/179/index.html