Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 03:23:17 12/04/97
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On December 03, 1997 at 22:45:38, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On December 03, 1997 at 19:47:04, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On December 03, 1997 at 18:49:16, Thorsten Czub wrote: >> >>>>If this were the reason, you wouldn't have posted two TSRs on your page >>>>to make CST work properly on some computers. Case in point: CST not >>>>running properly with ATI video boards. I tried with the ATI's TSR and >>>>Univesa TSR, both downloadable from your home page as a solution for >>>>loading CST. No use. It doesn't work either on my HP with a Chips and >>>>Technologies video board. These video problems wouldn't happen with a >>>>Windows program. >>> >>>As I said Enrique, as long as you bypass your config.sys/autoexec.bat >>>instead of loading them after booting, the new devices cannot be loaded >>>and cannot CHANGE the wrong default setting in your video-card-bios. >> >>This is nonsense. The TSR from ATI can be loaded at any moment. Same for >>Univesa. They simply do not work. >> >>>Also ATI's TSR is a bugfix because THEIR product has problems with the >>>VESA mode. >> >>Remember I also have a problem with a Chips and Technologies video card. >>Too many problems overall. >> >>>Otherwise they would not have invented it ! >> >>I don't care about whose fault it is, video card manufacturers, dubious >>VESA standards or programs that adhere to VESA. And this is Fernando's >>point, if I am not mistaken. I get a program and I want to test it and >>to use it. As simple as that. None (NONE) of my Windows programs give me >>this kind of compatibility problems. Some are full of bugs, for example >>last year Power Chess was crashing every other minute. And this may be >>expected from badly written programs. But we are talking about something >>else: the user-friendliness (lack of) of DOS programs. >> >>Enrique > >I think you will be able to use CSTal on your ATI card if you run the >vesa driver with the "s" switch. The problem is the dual page mode, and >CSTal needs a single page mode. So if you have a Rage 3d card, the vesa >bios extensions should be loaded with "m64vbe s" on the command line. If >you have an older card, you should check the vesa bios instructions for >the switch to use single page mode. There should be one. > >Hope this helps, It did help. Thanks a lot. With the "s" switch the mouse is not erasing the screen anymore. But... now CST is crashing so badly that I have to cold reset the computer. So, next step in this Sherlock Holmes process. Meanwhile, I fully sympathize with Fernando's frustration. Enrique >kp
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