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#R3/Win 3.1/Vibrant fails

    27-Oct-93 11:20:28
Sb: #R3/Win 3.1/Vibrant fails
Fm: Carl Finch 71664,51
To: Yost Group 76702,413
I am unable to get 3DSr3 going under Windows 3.1: I have installed pharlap.386, created a PIF, modified system.ini, all as described on pp. 95-96 of the Installation Manual. Running Windows Enhanced Mode, I click on the "3D" icon and get the message: "Initializing Autodesk 3D Studio…" But, then a red Vibrant full-screen panel pops up saying: "Vibrant initialization error number 1300: VGA hardware checks failed." I'm allowed to "press any key," the screen clears, and the single line: "**** vdm_init mode 78 returned error 1300 ****" appears. Pressing Enter I get: "Specified display too small Press any key to continue" And I return to Windows. I have initialized 3ds with "vibcfg" for my Video 7 VRAM II VGA card (and everything runs fine under DOS, alone) to 1024x768x256 for all displays except Materials Editor. Now I _know_ my 14-inch "specified display" is too small, but I've been quite unsuccessful in convincing my wife of that fact! <g>