On 27 Mar 2002 at 3:40, Jerry J. Haumberger wrote: >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...
Well, that's certainly puzzling to me. I do understand about the problem (in another message) in which you ran into limits of DOS 3.3 And I certainly would believe that the monitor would continue to display the same behavior when hooked to another VGA card, though I had hoped it wouldn't. But to continue that behavior, and work properly with 43 lines ... seems a bit strange. Perhaps the monitor is not syncing properly in the "standard" screen mode. Other than that, I'm at a loss for possible remedies. I hope that you can either get a newer version of DOS installed on the older system, or that it's acceptable to swap monitors permanently. The documentation I have available to me at the moment (MSDOS 5/6) indicates that using the MODE command to switch the number of lines is valid in those versions, but has no indication of in which versions it became valid. Finally, you might check the WWW site for the manufacturer of your VGA card. Some of them did come with software for switching the card into different screen modes, and you might just be lucky enough to find it as a download. Or perhaps ask this group, with details of your VGA card; it's quite possible that someone here has a copy of the original disks. Hope this helps, Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "Ta'Lon, is that you?" "It's me most days, except for those days when I don't feel quite like myself and I suppose that I am someone else, but for now, yes, it is me." -G'Kar and Ta'Lon, Babylon 5 episode: _The_Ragged_Edge_ 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
