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#123743From: John Mateer [PolyMedia]Sep 14, 1994 11:40 AM

I am having a strange problem and I'm not sure whether it's 3DS, Vibrant or hardware related. My old video board (Viper PCI) crapped out and it was replaced with a Stealth 64 (2MB). I have the most recent Vibrant drivers, ran 3ds vibcfg and all display modes look fine. When I play flics over a certain size, though, the machine wedges. For example, cymnstr.flc and thing2.flc are fine but shark1.flc slows way down then freezes and dino.flc won't even run, wedging straight away. This never happened with my Viper and that's the only part of my system that I've changed. Any thoughts? I'd greatly appreciate any help. Cheers, John

#123750From: ROBERT RITGERSep 14, 1994 12:59 PM

John: PMJI, I don't have an answer for you but I'm curious of the term 'wedge'. Could you explain? To add to the confusion, in Westchester county in New York State a 'wedge' is a submarine sandwich, a grinder, a hoagie, etc. Can we assume you are playing your flics out of 3DS? Do you get the same 'wedging' results when you run the flics through AAPLAYHI, AAPLAY, PLAY80 or AAWIN? Bob

#123756From: Ted BoardmanSep 14, 1994 1:29 PM

Bob Up here a Wedgie is getting your skivs yanked up around your ears. I think this is more in line with the effect John is experiencing<g> TedB !^NavFont01F0007MGHHG76B434

#123762From: ROBERT RITGERSep 14, 1994 2:17 PM

TedB: /_____________From your message_____________\\ Up here a Wedgie is getting your skivs yanked up around your ears. I think this is more in line with the effect John is experiencing<g> _______________________________________________ ROFL!!! <GGGG> Did you catch Bill and TedB's Excellent Adventure? They called wedgies 'melvins'. Now don't go asking about golden chunky swirlies or we'll gross out the whole forum. <G> Bob

#123801From: ALAN IGLESIASSep 14, 1994 7:10 PM

Ted, believe it or not, the first term I heard for "wedgie" was hiny-biny!<g>. -Alan

#123886From: Ted BoardmanSep 15, 1994 7:36 AM

Geez, this thread should generate plenty on new customers for FidoNet!<BG> Later TedB !^NavFont01F0007MGHHG4AEF17

#123842From: Yost GroupSep 14, 1994 11:24 PM

All I can say is that it's not happening inside of 3DS. My guess is that the card isn't talking to the drivers in a healthy way. Ahh… hardware problems. What would life be like without them? (worth living?) – G

#123933From: John Mateer [PolyMedia]Sep 15, 1994 12:47 PM

>>Ahh… hardware problems. What would life be without them? >> >>(worth living)? <GG> My hardware problems have turned into a bit of a soap opera… "As The Screen Turns" or "The Bold and the Crashed" <sigh>. Thanks for the other info too – I learn something new everyday. I'll contact the Vibrant folks. BTW I hope your break was a restful one. Cheers, John

#124704From: Sep 20, 1994 1:42 PM

>I am having a strange problem and I'm not sure whether it's 3DS, Vibrant or >hardware related. My old video board (Viper PCI) crapped out and it was >replaced with a Stealth 64 (2MB). I have the most recent Vibrant drivers, ran >3ds vibcfg and all display modes look fine. When I play flics over a certain >size, though, the machine wedges. For example, cymnstr.flc and thing2.flc are >fine but shark1.flc slows way down then freezes and dino.flc won't even run, >wedging straight away. This never happened with my Viper and that's the only >part of my system that I've changed. Any thoughts? We have had some problems with S3 flic playback, which should be fixed in 1.0.4 Chuck Walbourn – Vibrant Graphics

#124734From: John Mateer [PolyMedia]Sep 20, 1994 4:11 PM

Sorry to say that I changed all drivers in 3ds vibcfg to 1.04c and still have the same problems. – John