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First post, by amontre

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My CRT front face panel are not working and i cant adjust the geometry and Im too scared to open the monitor. It’s a 486 machine with built in Wingine DCX onboard display.

As you can see, its too squashed i cannot use the panel to adjust.

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However i tried using a utility from Trident VGA called TVGACRTC.exe which can adjust the geometry by Software. Since This computer are not using Trident card it doesnt save the settings.

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Is there other monitor utility i could use to adjust the geometry and probably load it in config.sys ?

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Reply 2 of 9, by amontre

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Grzyb wrote on 2024-10-07, 10:54:

I think UniVBE/SDD included something called "UNICENTER"...

I cant seem to find UNICENTER

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Reply 4 of 9, by amontre

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kixs wrote on 2024-10-07, 12:15:

Should be included at least in SciTech Display Doctor 6.53.

Ok got it ! How does it work ? I made the changes and save the setting . Does it work as TSR ? How do i boot with the settings ?

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Reply 6 of 9, by akula65

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I don't know if it is applicable to UNICENTER, but it may be helpful to look at this page for SciTech Display Doctor in the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990506090236/ht … m/down_dos.html

Reply 8 of 9, by amontre

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igully wrote on 2024-10-07, 22:45:

Here you have the UNICENTRE utility with an explanatory text.

Thanks. I did the the adjustment for all the modes and added univbe into autoexec.bat but once i exit to dos, the command prompt screen or Norton Commander itself are not adjusted as per what i did in Unicentr .

My guess is that those adjustment will only be applicable when the games utilize univbe but not others such as command prompt or Norton Commander

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Reply 9 of 9, by Grzyb

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I guess nobody expected that standard VGA modes might need adjustment.
Traditionally, only SVGA modes needed that.

Zaglądali do kufrów, zaglądali do waliz, nie zajrzeli do dupy - tam miałem klimatyzm.