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More info?)
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:18:16 -0400, "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com>
wrote:
>In news:mm7q619e16jmn74es2cv440v2im1p8l2hu@4ax.com,
>Chris or Larry LaMere <ljlamere@acd.net> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Toshiba Tecra 8000
>>
>>
>> Is this the only driver for Windows XP? I need a driver that allows a
>> 640 x 480 resolution, the lowest I can get with this one is 800 x 600.
>>
>> Can't find anything on the Toshiba website.
>>
>> TIA
>
>Well, you're probably not going to find too many people with the Tecra 8000
>running XP. Oddly I happen to have a 8100 sitting right here beside me as we
>speak however. I tried changing it to 16 bit and then seeing if I could drop
>it down that low. I can not. You *might* be able to get away with changing
>the monitor to a standard monitor and then checking to see if you can change
>it then though you'll probably be stuck in something sad like 8 bit
>graphics. So, in short, no... Not really... There might be some strange
>third party tool that would let you do this but I have to ask, why? Is there
>some reason you want to change the display to such a large display? On a
>14.1" display 800x600 is still fairly easy to read unless you've some sort
>of vision trouble. If that's the case then you *could* plug it into an
>external monitor, increase the fonts, increase the size of the icons, or use
>some of the accessibility options to improve the quality of your computing
>experience.
>
>Galen
Hi Galen, I'm using the laptop to run old win 95 and 98 turn based
combat rpg games. Oddly enough they run ok except for the size of the
game screen. In the compatibility tool there's a checkbox for 640 x
480 but it doesn't do anything.
If there's nothing I can do, I can live with it but i"d like to play
the games full screen.
With this driver the game screen is about 6 x 8 inches on a 14 inch
lcd display.
Thanks for your reply.