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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty
From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: Clock.exe doesn't seem to work
Message-ID: <1992Oct2.144844.14138@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
References: <wmbfmk.718016107@rw9.urc.tue.nl>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:48:44 GMT
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In article <wmbfmk.718016107@rw9.urc.tue.nl> wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl writes:
>If I use clock.exe to determine my videoclocks, 
>this is what I get:
>D
>  25.2   28.3   19.8  23.7  25.2  28.3  19.8  23.7
>
>I have however another program for the videocard, DMODE.EXE, 
>which gives the following results:
>
>  50.35  56.672  65.306  72.240 80.276  90.172  63.114  75.498
>
>My videocard is an ET4000, with 15-bit RAMDAC.
>I know my card can run 1024x768x256 at 70Hz, I can put it into
>that mode using DMODE. I find both listings of clocks a bit 
>suspicious however.
>
>(I have not yet been able to test this because of a harddisk crash)
>
>Has anyone any ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>A
>
>Marc.
>wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl
>
Have you run clock.exe with the et4000 option?
If not I think that it defaults for the et3000..

Cheers,
Amancio