In message <[email protected]> Matthew Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
> In message <63dd3bf552.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> > on 27 Nov 2012 Tony Moore wrote: > >> On 27 Nov 2012, george greenfield <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Presumably like many of us, I use RPCEmu in a window on a 1920 x 1080 >> > display; in my case, the RPCEmu 'screen' is 1680 x 1050 using a Xerox >> > XM3-22wB monitor def file, which allows most (but not quite all) of >> > the icon bar to be displayed. >> > >> > The ideal solution IMHO would be to have something like 1632 x 1020, >> > which would allow the whole icon bar to be fitted in; or better still, >> > 1824 x 1026 (16:9 ratio), which would use more of the base display >> > area. Do either such MDFs exist? Would it be possible to create them? >> >> I use a 1280 x 760 MDF, on a 1280 x 800 screen, which allows the RPCEmu >> window, together with its Windows title bar, to fill the screen exactly. >> >> In your case I'd suggest modifying the Xerox MDF, using MakeModes, or >> CustomRPC, so that its resolution is 1920 x 1040. > > You don't need to go to the trouble of using MakeModes or CustomRPC. Just go > to the MDF and add the modes you require by hand using a text editor. For a > real RISC PC you need to make sure all the timing values are correct so that > the picture will be stable on a CRT monitor, but RPCEmu really doesn't care > about most of the values. If you just edit the x_res and y_res that's > sufficient in my experience. Not in mine, unfortunately: I copied my current MDF and changed the x and y res (and the name of the resolution) to 1824 x 1026, which produced an 'Inconsistent parameters' error when I attempted to select it under Boot-Configure-Screen. George -- george greenfield _______________________________________________ Rpcemu mailing list [email protected] http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu
