Reply 40 of 68, by andre_6
kaputnik wrote on 2023-01-16, 21:05:Deunan wrote on 2023-01-16, 20:37:kaputnik wrote on 2023-01-16, 11:22:Are there any other suggestions on how to provoke those jailbars? 😀
Monkey Island intro, as I mentioned earlier. And 320x200 256-color mode in general, it's way easier to spot with pixel/line doubling and also you test your monitor for proper upscaling. 640x480 and higher modes usually work well, it's the lower resolutions that are problematic. EGA's 640x350 is fortunately rarely ever used. Although that seems to be a good LCD monitor - the 800x600 mode looks nice. What's the brand/type and what native resolution it has?
If you mean the title screen in the original version, it looks good. No jailbars as far as I can see 😀
The monitor is a Lenovo ThinkVision LT1913p, native resolution is 1280x1024. It was basically the cheapest non-widescreen 19" IPS monitor with reasonable response times etc I could find at the time.
Apparently Trident cards are the worst offenders jailbars wise, like my 8900 CL, never saw anything in Windows 3.1 or using apps/games within it, it's always in maybe 60 to 70% of games running in DOS. Some examples are Lotus III or Grand Prix Circuit by Accolade. I do have an older LCD than usual, a Samsung SyncMaster 151s. Got it because it's beige exactly like a CRT would be 🤣