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Subject: Re: Rebel 12 (DOS) graphics problems with Intel 810 chipset

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 17:27:20 06/04/04

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On June 04, 2004 at 19:24:59, Manuel Leone wrote:

>On June 04, 2004 at 17:41:52, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On June 04, 2004 at 13:41:49, 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?
>>
>>
>>       Try to run REBEL with the "V" option,
>>       example REBEL.EXE V
>>       Kurt

>I tried the V option, but it doesn't help. So maybe Rebel 12 doesn't fully
>support certain graphics hardware, including the Intel 810 graphics chips. Other
>DOS applications, Windows XP and Linux run without any problems on this
>hardware.

It could be related that the hardware developers don't care about DOS
compatibility anymore.

Ed



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