On 2002-03-26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Garry> said: >This is a common enough problem with aging >monitors. The only variation on this theme >that I've seen is the rare case where such a >monitor will show this behavior on one video >card, but not another.
>If you plug it into another machine and the >view looks the same, then you have a repair >scenario. If it looks normal on another card, >you may still need it repaired, but the signal >is within acceptable limits for this device. >Not all video card outputs are created equal, >so you may be able to use that to advantage. When I switched the monitor to another machine with VGA card, it had the same problem. However, when I tried Anthony J. Albert's suggestion with the MODE command and ANSI.SYS, the problem disappeared. MODE lines=43 causes that top line problem to vanish, and all I have to do is get used to a different number of lines... Jerry... on his COMPAQ PORTABLE II -- #4 | My laptop computer's a ***** 14.4kbps/42MB HD/640k RAM/8 MHz | Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 Net-Tamer V 1.11.2X - Registered To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
