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to: TONY LEWIS
from: BOB HOLIDAY
date: 1997-03-08 12:20:00
subject: Changing resolution OS2

Hello Tony!
Wednesday March 05 1997 18:20, Tony Lewis wrote to All:
 TL> Can some tell me how to get OS/2 to change the default 640x480x16
 TL> resolution to 800x600x256 or atleast a 256color mode. I've installed
 TL> WinOS2 and windows and it's using 800x600x256. But the desktop wont
 TL> change in fact it doesn't even display any additional screen res.
 TL> I know it supports my video card in the higher modes as it's listed
 TL> in the manual and the drivers are on the CD. I even followed the
 TL> directions for SVGA install, which worked but still didn't add any
 TL> other screen sizes. Is there a way to maybe set this in the config.sys
 TL> file?
Open up the folders, OS/2 System -> System Setup -> System.  You should be 
able to change the resolution there.
Bob
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