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Re: 701 Win95 16-bit MS-DOS colour problems
On 3 May 97 at 15:55, Dan Miles wrote:
Thanks for the work-around & the solution. I didn't think that the SP
2 was out yet. I'll check the MS site.
Thanks, Tom
> ----------
> > From: David Ross <ross@math.hawaii.edu>
> > To: tom@act.ca
> > Cc: THINKPAD@cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Re: 701 Win95 16-bit MS-DOS colour problems
> > Date: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 8:37 PM
> >
> > > I can't seem to get the display right for win95 & 16 bit colour on my
> > > 701. It often (especially when I start a windowed MS-DOS session)
> > > causes blurring & a ghost effect - Everything is doubled, sideways
> > > about 2 cm
>
> I used to have this problem when I had win95 service pack 1
> installed. I never did solve it (for this version of win95 anyway,
> see below), but there is a workaround for the DOS window problem.
> After the window is open and the screen is blurred, open the bios
> screen Fn-F1, then hit Esc to get back to windows. It always
> cleared up the problem.
>
> I currently have win95 service pack 2 installed and I haven't had
> the blurring problem at all. I didn't do anything special except
> start with a clean disk and install.
>
> Good luck. Dan Miles
>
>
Thanks, Tom
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