From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 16:46:56 EDT
The ATI chip suffport full screen stretching at all resolutions
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 4:27 PM
Subject: [600X] VESA driver for NeoMagic chip?
> First of all, many thanks to everyone who gave advice on laptop cases and
> power supplies. This list provided an amazing wealth of information - I've
> never seen anything to match it.
>
> Second, here's a more difficult question:
>
> I'm delighted with my 600X, but I wonder if there's any way to get VESA
> full-screen text modes (132x60, etc.) out of the NeoMagic video chip? The
> chip supports VESA graphics modes very nicely, even under Windows XP, but
> apparently doesn't support VESA text modes that provide 132x43, 132x50, or
> 132x60 characters per line. I've tried installing the UNIVBE driver in
> SciTech Display Doctor 6.53, but it says it doesn't recognize the chip,
and
> doesn't help?
>
> Is there any TSR or other device that adds VESA text modes to the NeoMagic
> chip? (BTW, am I right in thinking that the ATI chip on the T-series
> ThinkPads have VESA text support built in?)
>
> Thanks in advance for any information.
>
> Edward Mendelson
>
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