#Vibrant 1.0.5 p1 busted!
10-Nov-94 07:41:36
Sb: #134756-#Vibrant 1.0.5 p1 busted!
Fm: Jeffrey Lerer 74073,244
To: SCOTT 76400,3113
Scott, I also run the Mach32 and have had garbled screen problems when running
preview after rendering. Also, when leaving 3-DS, will get garbled screens in
other applications. There seems to be a problem in how Vibrant Drivers use the
card and don't give up settings. I tried a number of things, including excludes
and what not, but nothing seemed to help. THE FIX: Before leaving 3-DS, or when
encountering the garbled preview or running a 320×200 fli, I render to a blank
screen with the VIBRANT 320×200 option selected. Clears the card just fine.
Note: Right after R3 was installed, I contacted Jonas and Nik and was unable to
get any sort of fix. After updating the drivers the problem continued, but the
320×200 render satisfied me, more or less. I suppose R4 will give me the same
problem, hopefully not more, and perhaps, just perhaps, the problem will be
gone. Tech side note: Nik and Jonas, if you still want to contemplate this card
problem: If I leave 3-DS without clearing the card and go to windows, my
windows apps are fine. However, if i run a DOS app in windows it is fine until
I Alt-ESC. When going back into the app, then the screen is garbled. If I leave
3-DS without doing the 320×200 blank render, and go into Anim-Pro or Fractal
Dev (both running Supervga 800×600) that is while staying in DOS, I get the
garbled screen and have to go back into 3-DS and do the Vibrant 320×200 render.