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#AAS error

    10-Jul-95 16:07:40
Sb: #179239-#AAS error
Fm: dave aguilar 76260,453
To: David M. Taffet 73733,1452
>> Thanks you. Since my GPFs are Stealth-related, could FLIPPER be something that changes video resolution on the fly to allow working on image/avi sizes other than the current video mode? Or something that samples incoming files down to the thumbnails displayed in AAS? Just wondered, since I also have 3DS R4 video problems… << could be. whenever i look at what my time is worth to solve a problem (hourly), i sometimes find that it is actually cheaper to go out and get a simple SVGA or equivalent hardware piece and see if that solves the or isolates the problem. do you have any SVGA boards lying around that you can test this on? probably take 15 minutes to swap the Stealth out, insert a Trident 8900 or equivalent, run the program through its paces and see if it behaves. that you're having trouble in 3DS also hints at something other than the core code (but possibly including the core code). there is a patch coming out very soon (i repeat… very soon) which will fix a number of bugs and wishlist items reported here in this forum. as soon as it's available, i'll make sure to post obvious info on it. SVGA cards run about $50 these days too… and a good backup piece for any office anyways… just… in … case. <g> i have a Trident 8900 in the storage and it has saved our behind several times when a board went out, when we acquired a new board and had any graphics related problems (makes graphics driver problems a sinch to isolate) and i think we bought it used for about $10. <ggg> thanks for your patience on this. if you do have an old cheapie on the side, give it a resurrection and let us know if it is the Stealth. if same problems persist, hopefully the patch will fix this. -dave