IBM 8514/A Monitor Not Giving High Resolution

DocumentID: 605361
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:31:25 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer has an IBM 8514/A monitor. If the customer types WP to go into WordPerfect, the status line can be seen but there is not high resolution. If the customer changes the Setup options of WP to use 25x85 display, instead of a single display, it overlaps the lines (first overlaps second, etc.). If the customer goes in over the standard screen size with a /SS option, it truncates to the right and does not display the status line. It wraps everything like it is in a column on the right 1/3 of the screen. Then the customer is unable to scroll up or down. There is also a graphics driver in the computer that is called 320 adapters for the mainframe connector. Solutions: IBM does not have an extended column mode in the 8514/A graphics card. That is why WP only offers 80 column choices under text driver options. Right now, the priority to write a font driver (text driver) for the 8514/A is low, because of the number of them out there. Either IBM needs to allow the option through the card, or a third-party company needs to write a driver.

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