Hi Tom, > On Jun 22, 2025, at 8:55 AM, tom ehlert via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hallo Herr Thomas Desi via Freedos-user, > > am Sonntag, 22. Juni 2025 um 12:57 schrieben Sie: > >> When > >>> Am 22.06.2025 um 00:23 schrieb Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user >>> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>: >>> >>> running “QFNTLD40.EXE PGM826.FNT” > >> my screen goes black, and a generic message on the screen tells me „NO >> SIGNAL“ > >> Can’t get out from that. Need to switch of the machine. > >> What am I missing out? > > Your monitor is obviously not compatible with the parameters used by > PGM826.FNT. > > That's why software usually changes back to 'save' parameters unless you hit > some sort of [OK] button > when doing non-trivial changes to your video parameters. > > VGA cards can be programmed to many more modes than any monitor would support. > The art is to find the intersection between what your monitor and what your > VGA card support. > > Tom
Very true. That is actually why the fonts provided are 8x16, 8x18, 8x20, 8x25 and 8x26. Some machines that support 8x25 will not support 8x26. I’ve only seen 8x28 supported rarely and never anything over 8x30. Honestly, anything over 8x26 becomes difficult to read in 80 columns. That tool, along with several others, was something I just whipped up quickly and included with PGME. In the case of QFNTLOAD, it was to be used to provide a display the ReadMe in big text. You would launch that from the menu, it would switch modes and a viewer displayed the file, hit escape and you returned to PGME and normal mode. But, you are correct. I should add a “return to mode” if no key is pressed to that tool. Likely, the default will be to make sure it is working and revert if not verified. Also, providing a command-line switch to just do it and not ask. Actually, I should add this to PGME as well. Although nobody really every uses the taller fonts, it should really verify the display is still working when they try them. Thanks for reminding me that I should do this. :-) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
