To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Mode-X ?
Message-ID:	<19970201.123135.4847.2.chambersb@juno.com>
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From:	chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date:	Sat, 01 Feb 1997 15:29:54 EST

On 1 Feb 1997 08:05:35 GMT jamesb AT wam DOT umd DOT edu (James Jeffrey Benjamin)
writes:
>Unfortunatly, not all chipsets can handle lower resolution VESA. I 
>know
>the Diamond Stealth with the S3 968 chipset goes as far as 512x384.
>Nothing lower. If you want 320x240 or around there (that is, tweak a
>little more than 320x200) then ModeX is the best and most compatible 
>way.
>Though some resolutions are extremely slow and some don't work on 
>older
>monitors. The lowest resolution that you can expect for best 
>compatibility
>that's greater than that would be 640x400 or 640x480 VESA.
Have you tried Univbe (or the new one, sdd {but I haven't tried that})? 
It defines several low-res modes, including:
320x200, 320x240, 320x400,
360x200, 360x240, 360x400,
640x350.

(Note:  These modes are VESA modes, and are in addition to the higher res
modes such as 640x480 and higher).

Anyways, you might want to try it out and see if that helps.

...Chambers

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