Do you perhaps have a URL for this package SuperVgaTextMode? I don't find it via Google--only about a handful of references that some folks have used it. Gene Collins writes: > Hi Igore. What you say is true, but you don't want to take chances. > You really don't want to have to buy a new monitor, right? So unless > you know, turn it off and be safe. > > Gene > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Hi. Actually Gene, I think I have a minor correction to what you said earlier > about monitors. > >On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:35:03AM -0600, Gene Collins wrote: > >> > >> Hi all. Actually, you may want to check out a package called > >> SuperVgaTextMode. It interactively sets the screen resolution on video > >> cards, if the machine is not using a frame buffer device. If your video > >> chip supports it, you can get some really large screen sizes like > >> 202x81. Your mileage will very according to your video chip and what > >> clock rates it supports. Warning: Be *** V E R Y * CAREFUL! *** > >> Setting a resolution with a clock rate not supported by your monitor can > >> damage the monitor. You have been warned! > > > >I think newer monitors, such as one that I have will drop the video signal ent > irely once it figures out it can't properly display it. A message that says som > ething like "no signal" is > >displayed. And then once I set the resolution to something the monitor could d > isplay, the image came back on. As to whether or not the monitor is still diges > ting the video signal in some way I > >am not sure, which is why I said "possible minor correction." > > > >> > >> Nevertheless, if you are like me and run with the monitor turned off, > >> you can set the video card for whatever clock rate and resolution it > >> will support. Just don't expect to turn on the monitor, and if you do, > >> reset to a supported clock and resolution first! > >> > >> Gene > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >- -- > >"The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42." -- Douglas Adams > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQFBlOriNohoaf1zXJMRAhPCAJ45wG4FH0tDMRBvghc8qaeeRkCjyQCgtBSF > >iUARvaTFVIQ942xFZTNV954= > >=9DBs > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
