From: Dan Miles (dmiles_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu May 08 1997 - 14:20:44 EDT
Dan Miles on Sat, May 3 wrote:
> > From: David Ross <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>
> > To: tom_at_act.ca
> > Cc: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Re: 701 Win95 16-bit MS-DOS colour problems
> > Date: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 8:37 PM
> >
> > > I can't seem to get the display right for win95 & 16 bit colour on my
> > > 701. It often (especially when I start a windowed MS-DOS session)
> > > causes blurring & a ghost effect - Everything is doubled, sideways
> > > about 2 cm
> > [...]
>
> I used to have this problem when I had win95 service pack 1 installed. I
> never did solve it (for this version of win95 anyway, see below), but there
> is a workaround for the DOS window problem. After the window is open and
> the screen is blurred, open the bios screen Fn-F1, then hit Esc to get back
> to windows. It always cleared up the problem.
>
> [and service pack 2 seems to have fixed the problem.]
I have to try Win95 service pack 2 (didn't know win 95 *had* service
packs!), but i've always worked around the problem by hitting
Ctrl-ENTER twice - expanding the dos window to full screen and then
back. Something about setting the mode back rectifies the display
aberration.
Ken Manheimer klm_at_cnri.reston.va.us 703 620-8990 x268
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