From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: RHIDE problem with GFX modes is fakely SOLVED
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:32:01 +0400
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salvador wrote:
> 
> "Alexei A. Frounze" wrote:
> 
> > Any thoughts on this?
> 
> Yes: get a working BIOS ;-)

I think BIOS works normally because RHIDE works w/o any crashes ander plane
MSDOS 6.22. It must be a fault of both Windows and some code inside TV port
used in DJGPP.

> > Andris, can you say something about this? But please
> > don't say it's a gfx card/driver problem. I don't really believe it because
> > RHIDE is the only program with such a harmful bhaviour here.
> 
> That's because you know nothing about the RHIDE guts! RHIDE uses the VGA BIOS
> service needed to save the current VGA mode state. 

Do you think I can't figure out this myself? :)

> This service have shown to
> be buggy in many BIOSes. 

Wait a minute! Do you mean that if we save VGA state w/o changing video
mode, restoring VGA state back to the same state dosen't work?

[snip]

> > The rest
> > programs don't crash my Win95 during mode switchings or something.
> 
> Now tell me how many of these programs can restore a (tweaked) 90x34 text mode
> at exit.

Oh man! I use 80x25 with 16 colors (BIOS mode #3) all the time.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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