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working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos (Developers)

posted by Zyzzle, 24.04.2013, 06:42

I also am interested in accessing modes beyond 'standard' 4:3 VBE3 modes. As I have SandyBridge graphics chipset, I think I can benefit from your EDID program. Would you please e-mail me a copy? Thanks.

As most (all?) LCD / LED monitors now have unfortunately gone to 16:10 pixel ratio, EDID will be very useful to see a given monitor's limits. I've hung onto some good-quality 21 and 22" CRTs for the very reason that their pixel aspect ratios are not fixed... Monitor quality has gone way, way downhill since those glory days of great CRTs (at least for DOS programs!)

As I understand 'custom' modes, we can define *any* resolution as long as the pixelclock (RAMDAC) and refresh rate are within spec of any given monitor... I think there were programs which could do this, but off the top of my head, the only one I can think of right now is AdvanceMAME 0.106 DOS port. It allows modes such as 288x224 to be defined.

Complete thread:

• working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 22.04.2013, 21:17 (Developers)
  • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 22.04.2013, 23:26
    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 23.04.2013, 17:47
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 23.04.2013, 22:25
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 23.04.2013, 23:40
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Doug, 24.04.2013, 05:49
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 24.04.2013, 12:43
            • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 24.04.2013, 18:32
              • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 24.04.2013, 19:34
                • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 24.04.2013, 20:05
                  • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 25.04.2013, 10:41
                    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Doug, 26.04.2013, 05:05
                      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 26.04.2013, 17:06
                      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 26.04.2013, 18:34
                      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 26.04.2013, 23:34
                        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Doug, 26.04.2013, 23:59
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Zyzzle, 24.04.2013, 06:42
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 24.04.2013, 10:52
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Laaca, 25.04.2013, 07:33
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 24.04.2013, 18:38
    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 01.05.2013, 17:47
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 02.05.2013, 17:17
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 02.05.2013, 22:34
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 06.05.2013, 20:00
            • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 07.05.2013, 18:56
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - tom, 02.05.2013, 18:12
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 02.05.2013, 22:22
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Zyzzle, 03.05.2013, 02:36
  • working in LESS than 1280*1024 under Dos - DOS386, 28.04.2013, 15:26
    • working in LESS than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 01.05.2013, 17:53
  • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - freecrac, 28.08.2013, 06:27
    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - freecrac, 28.08.2013, 06:29