Re: Boot Logo Questions....

Pat St. Jean (psj@cgmlarson.com)
Thu, 14 May 1998 15:19:57 -0500 (CDT)

Riley,
I'd prefer this order since there are going to be the unforseen times
when the card may be capable of it but the monitor isn't. If we default
to plain vanilla text mode and do everything else as an option, the
suprises will be minimised.

Pat

> 1. Use a text only mode.
> 2. Can the video card support 640x480x16M? If so, use it.
> 3. Can the video card support 640x480x64K? If so, use it.
> 4. Can the video card support 640x480x256? If so, use it.
> 5. Can the video card support 320x200x256? If so, use it.
> 6. Can the video card support 640x480x16? If so, use it.
> 7. Can the video card support 320x200x16? If so, use it.
> 8. Does the card support graphics? If so, use the lowest mode it
> supports.

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