From: "Rich" 

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   VGA doesn't mean 640x480x8bpp.  SVGA is fine.  My laptop with a clean =
install of Windows will run 1400x1050 using the VGA driver.

Rich

  "Frank Haber"  wrote in message =
news:3eb5880a{at}w3.nls.net...
  1. VGA-16 is so painful these days that I really can't operate that =
way for
  long.  This sometimes happens only once a day, or twice on every =
second day,
  etc.

  2. I'm not convinced VGA-16 is a valid test for anything subtle these =
days.
  Many cards work poorly these days in that mode.

  Will MS accept some unaccelerated SVGA 8x6 generic something-driver =
yet as a
  test for stability?  You actually need 16k colors to work now, but I'd =
buy
  256 to test, I guess.  What's the NT equivalent of 98's 8x6x16 SVGA,
  unaccelerated?

  I realize the VGA boot in NT has always been something special, =
loading far
  fewer drivers.  Is the kernel different in that mode, too?


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   VGA doesn't mean =
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SVGA is fine.  My laptop with a clean install of Windows will run
= 1400x1050=20
using the VGA driver.
 
Rich
 

  "Frank Haber" <frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>">mailto:frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com">frhaber{at}N0SPMrcn.com>
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wrote in=20
  message news:3eb5880a{at}w3.nls.net...1.=
 VGA-16=20
  is so painful these days that I really can't operate that way=20
  forlong.  This sometimes happens only once a day, or twice on =
every=20
  second day,etc.2. I'm not convinced VGA-16
is a valid test =
for=20
  anything subtle these days.Many cards work poorly these days in =
that=20
  mode.Will MS accept some unaccelerated SVGA 8x6 generic=20
  something-driver yet as atest for stability?  You actually =
need 16k=20
  colors to work now, but I'd buy256 to test, I guess.  What's =
the NT=20
  equivalent of 98's 8x6x16
SVGA,unaccelerated?I realize the =
VGA=20
  boot in NT has always been something special, loading farfewer=20
  drivers.  Is the kernel different in that mode,=20
too?

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