Support for OS/2 - Win-OS/2

[martiniturbide]

Hello

I'm an OS/2 - ArcaOS user.
I tried vbesvga.drv on ArcaOS (OS/2 Warp 4.52) to see if I see any improvement in Win-OS/2 (The Windows 3.1 session that it has embedded).

If I set:
[VBESVGA.DRV]
PMIDcheck=sanity
Width=1920
Height=1080
Depth=16
DoubleBufRefreshRate=75

I get this error when loading Windows 3.1 Full Screen :
Unsuitable settings for current driver / hardware
Press any key to about booting Windows...

If you want to try OS/2 Warp 4.52 on VirtualBox there are some OVAs here:

• https://archive.org/download/os2_ovas

Regards

[PluMGMK]

Hello! Thanks for the report, I love to hear that the driver is being tried in all these different ways!

I really must revamp the code to give more specific error messages, since there are lots of different things that can cause "unsuitable settings"… But for now: does it work if you specify 1024×768 rather than 1920×1080?

[martiniturbide]

Hello

When I set it to:
[VBESVGA.DRV]
PMIDcheck=sanity
Width=1024
Height=768
Depth=16
DoubleBufRefreshRate=75

On my ArcaOS VM (res 1920×1080) I see Win 3.1 in 1024x768. Mouse movement is better, but I don't see an improvement in color.

But VBESVGA.DRV present some extra issues in Win-OS/2, like when I drag "control panel" app, I get an error.