Author: Manuel Leone
Date: 13:55:26 06/04/04
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On June 04, 2004 at 16:03:08, Ed Schröder wrote: >On June 04, 2004 at 13:54:26, Manuel Leone wrote: > >>On June 04, 2004 at 13:33:30, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>On June 04, 2004 at 13:21:39, Manuel Leone wrote: >>> >>>>Has anyone else encountered graphics anomalies with the DOS version of Rebel 12? >>>>For example, when clicking on the Start menu, part of the top right corner of >>>>the display will disappear; certain color combinations don't work properly; and >>>>selecting the small pull-down menu results in unreadable gibberish in all of the >>>>menus. >>>> The graphics in Rebel Decade seem to work o.k., except for a similar >>>>problem with the small pull-down menu. >>>> >>>>Are these graphics errors the result of bugs in Rebel 12 DOS, or is there some >>>>incompatibility with my PC which uses the Intel 810E2 AGP chipset? Any >>>>suggestions? >>> >>>It usually helps if you add a V like Rebel.exe V to your shortcut. Graphics will >>>be a little less pretty but more reliable. I had this too on one of my PCs. >> >>Yes, the Rebel documentation suggests using the V option if the graphics >>hardware is not VESA compatible. I tried it, and the problems are the same as >>before. >> I noticed that none of these graphics errors occur on my old 486 PC which >>has different graphics hardware. > >From an older FAQ: > > Graphical problems (Matrox and Cirrus) > -------------------------------------------- > > If you have an old version of the Matrox or Cirrus Logic > graphical adaptor, the pull down menus in REBEL CENTURY may be > unreadable. You can fix this in the following way: > - Start REBEL CENTURY > - Press "F6" (is CFG menu) > - Press "UP ARROW" 6 times > - Press ENTER > > Menu is now ok. > > Your Cirrus Logic or Matrox video card does not support a > font of REBEL CENTURY. A bugfix for your Matrox card is on > the Internet at: http://www.matrox.com/ > >========= > >If this doesn't work, try again but now: > > - Press "UP ARROW" 4 times > >Good luck, > >Ed That will replace the small pull-down menu with a larger readable menu, but all the other graphics problems are still there. Parts of the screen will disappear when the windows are adjusted, or when certain menus are selected; and there are errors involving color combinations; for example when the display is updated by the clocks, the previous digits are still partly visible.
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