[iyonix-support] Re: Corrupted display using RISCOS 5.12 and FX5200 card

  • From: "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:15:03 +0100

On 28 Oct 2006 Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I upgraded to RISCOS5.12 but did not upgrade to a FX5200 card until
> today. I now notice screen corruption if I try to use certain games
> like StarFighter and !TwinWorld. The screen seems to have alternative
> columns of unaligned graphics.
> 
> After consulting with Chris Brazley and did a further test and found
> that I can induce the same effect by selecting Mode13. If you grab the 
> screen in !Paint and then change back to the normal mode you can
> restore the corruption. Also if you view the saved Mode13 screen shot
> it appears Ok so it does point to something being amiss.

Its something up with the horizontal pixel doubling that has to be done to
display such a low horizontal resolution mode on a modern graphics card.

Cheers
---Dave

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