[Virtualacorn-list] MakeModes

[David Pitt]

"T.O.M.S.", on 6 May, wrote:

> 
> On Wed May 6 17:11:24 BST 2015, John McCartney j.mccartney at
> blueyonder.co.uk sayeth:
> 
> > I presume MakeModes (v0.26 14 Dec 94) is 'safe' to use on VRPC as it is
> > included in the Utilities directory (unless I put it there myself a long
> > time ago and have subsequently forgotten). However, in my copy there is
> > no Docs directory in which the manual is supposed to live.
> 
> > Does anyone have a copy of the manual or even a later version of the
> > software? Any advice or contributions would be welcome.
> 
> 
> I've never used !MakeModes, but it is part of the VirtualRPC-AdjustSA
> default installation, so presumably OK to use.  Although (AFAICT) not in
> VirtualRPC-SA, so presumably not -SE either.
> 
> But are you using -AdjustSA John? If so, RISC OS v4.39 has a built-in
> mode-maker. So do you need to use !MakeModes? If instead you double-click
> on !Boot, then select Configuration --- Display configuration -- Automode,
> you can set up whatever horizontal and vertical resolution you need and
> click on Save Updated MDF. The limit is 2048 x 1534 pixels
> 
> This covers all known aspect ratios, e.g. normal 4:3, widescreen 1:1.6,
> 1:1.7 (many laptops and netbooks) and even 1:1.77 (seriously widescreen).

After all these years with VRPC, I never knew that! All those years of
mucking about with MDFs. Anyway I now have a rather super 2048x1280 VRPC
window on the iMac. So thanks for that.

> If that doesn't help, I'm afraid we don't have a Docs directory either.

See Acorn Application Note 254 at :-

http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/docs/Acorn/AN/ApplicationNotes.html


-- 
David Pitt