> I've noticed that Virtual PC doesn't handle EGA/VGA resolutions very
> well. It letterboxes 640x400 to 640x480. Is there any way to change
> this behavior? I am sure that my video hardware supports 640x400 and I
> actually got VPC to use it by manually changing my screen resolution to
> 640x400 before starting VPC and configuring VPC not to allow the screen
> resolution to change.
>
> Thanks.
>

> What is the guest OS?
>
> The physical video card in your machine does not matter. Virtual machines
> use the emulated S3 Trio card no matter what real card you have. If the
> guest is a Windows OS set the resolution the usual way by right clicking on
> the desktop (inside the virtual machine window), etc.
>
> "Daveman750" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > I've noticed that Virtual PC doesn't handle EGA/VGA resolutions very
> > well. It letterboxes 640x400 to 640x480. Is there any way to change
> > this behavior? I am sure that my video hardware supports 640x400 and I
> > actually got VPC to use it by manually changing my screen resolution to
> > 640x400 before starting VPC and configuring VPC not to allow the screen
> > resolution to change.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >

> Therein lies the problem. The guest OS is DOS. It apparently only
> runs at 640x400, (Or manybe some other resolution w/ similar aspect
> ratios that VPC reports as 640x400) and VPC seems to refuse to set my
> monitor to that and instead sets it to 640x480 and letterboxes. I
> manually set the host resolution on my XP box to 640x400 and did not
> allow VPC to change this resolution, and then my DOS stuff ran in full
> screen. However, I would like a more flexible, elegant solution, since
> I wanted to use VPC to play DOS games on a computer too slow to run
> DOSBox well.
>
>
> Colin Barnhorst (remove) wrote:
> > What is the guest OS?
> >
> > The physical video card in your machine does not matter. Virtual machines
> > use the emulated S3 Trio card no matter what real card you have. If the
> > guest is a Windows OS set the resolution the usual way by right clicking on
> > the desktop (inside the virtual machine window), etc.
> >
> > "Daveman750" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> > news:(email address - cut out)...
> > > I've noticed that Virtual PC doesn't handle EGA/VGA resolutions very
> > > well. It letterboxes 640x400 to 640x480. Is there any way to change
> > > this behavior? I am sure that my video hardware supports 640x400 and I
> > > actually got VPC to use it by manually changing my screen resolution to
> > > 640x400 before starting VPC and configuring VPC not to allow the screen
> > > resolution to change.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >

> What are the specs of the computer?
> What games are you trying to play?
>
> Chances are that the games run "fine" in Windows XP. (Fine meaning the
> audio will be terrible, unless you use VDMSound and then it will be
> slightly less so).
>
>
> Daveman750 wrote:
> > Therein lies the problem. The guest OS is DOS. It apparently only
> > runs at 640x400, (Or manybe some other resolution w/ similar aspect
> > ratios that VPC reports as 640x400) and VPC seems to refuse to set my
> > monitor to that and instead sets it to 640x480 and letterboxes. I
> > manually set the host resolution on my XP box to 640x400 and did not
> > allow VPC to change this resolution, and then my DOS stuff ran in full
> > screen. However, I would like a more flexible, elegant solution, since
> > I wanted to use VPC to play DOS games on a computer too slow to run
> > DOSBox well.
> >
> >
> > Colin Barnhorst (remove) wrote:
> > > What is the guest OS?
> > >
> > > The physical video card in your machine does not matter. Virtual machines
> > > use the emulated S3 Trio card no matter what real card you have. If the
> > > guest is a Windows OS set the resolution the usual way by right clicking on
> > > the desktop (inside the virtual machine window), etc.
> > >
> > > "Daveman750" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> > > news:(email address - cut out)...
> > > > I've noticed that Virtual PC doesn't handle EGA/VGA resolutions very
> > > > well. It letterboxes 640x400 to 640x480. Is there any way to change
> > > > this behavior? I am sure that my video hardware supports 640x400 and I
> > > > actually got VPC to use it by manually changing my screen resolution to
> > > > 640x400 before starting VPC and configuring VPC not to allow the screen
> > > > resolution to change.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >

> I'm actually trying to get Sega Genesis emulators to work on an ancient
> laptop that doesn't run the Windows versions fast enough because of all
> the DirectX overhead, etc.
>
>
> (email address - cut out) wrote:
>> What are the specs of the computer?
>> What games are you trying to play?
>>
>> Chances are that the games run "fine" in Windows XP. (Fine meaning the
>> audio will be terrible, unless you use VDMSound and then it will be
>> slightly less so).
>>
>>
>> Daveman750 wrote:
>>> Therein lies the problem. The guest OS is DOS. It apparently only
>>> runs at 640x400, (Or manybe some other resolution w/ similar aspect
>>> ratios that VPC reports as 640x400) and VPC seems to refuse to set my
>>> monitor to that and instead sets it to 640x480 and letterboxes. I
>>> manually set the host resolution on my XP box to 640x400 and did not
>>> allow VPC to change this resolution, and then my DOS stuff ran in full
>>> screen. However, I would like a more flexible, elegant solution, since
>>> I wanted to use VPC to play DOS games on a computer too slow to run
>>> DOSBox well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Colin Barnhorst (remove) wrote:
>>>> What is the guest OS?
>>>>
>>>> The physical video card in your machine does not matter. Virtual machines
>>>> use the emulated S3 Trio card no matter what real card you have. If the
>>>> guest is a Windows OS set the resolution the usual way by right clicking on
>>>> the desktop (inside the virtual machine window), etc.
>>>>
>>>> "Daveman750" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>>> I've noticed that Virtual PC doesn't handle EGA/VGA resolutions very
>>>>> well. It letterboxes 640x400 to 640x480. Is there any way to change
>>>>> this behavior? I am sure that my video hardware supports 640x400 and I
>>>>> actually got VPC to use it by manually changing my screen resolution to
>>>>> 640x400 before starting VPC and configuring VPC not to allow the screen
>>>>> resolution to change.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>

> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/05/23/421306.aspx
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ===============================
> Virtual machine Program Manager
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
> Daveman750 wrote:
> > I'm actually trying to get Sega Genesis emulators to work on an ancient
> > laptop that doesn't run the Windows versions fast enough because of all
> > the DirectX overhead, etc.
> >
> >
> > (email address - cut out) wrote:
> >> What are the specs of the computer?
> >> What games are you trying to play?
> >>
> >> Chances are that the games run "fine" in Windows XP. (Fine meaning the
> >> audio will be terrible, unless you use VDMSound and then it will be
> >> slightly less so).
> >>
> >>
> >> Daveman750 wrote:
> >>> Therein lies the problem. The guest OS is DOS. It apparently only
> >>> runs at 640x400, (Or manybe some other resolution w/ similar aspect
> >>> ratios that VPC reports as 640x400) and VPC seems to refuse to set my
> >>> monitor to that and instead sets it to 640x480 and letterboxes. I
> >>> manually set the host resolution on my XP box to 640x400 and did not
> >>> allow VPC to change this resolution, and then my DOS stuff ran in full
> >>> screen. However, I would like a more flexible, elegant solution, since
> >>> I wanted to use VPC to play DOS games on a computer too slow to run
> >>> DOSBox well.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Colin Barnhorst (remove) wrote:
> >>>> What is the guest OS?
> >>>>
> >>>> The physical video card in your machine does not matter. Virtual machines
> >>>> use the emulated S3 Trio card no matter what real card you have. If the
> >>>> guest is a Windows OS set the resolution the usual way by right clicking on
> >>>> the desktop (inside the virtual machine window), etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> "Daveman750" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> >>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >>>>> I've noticed that Virtual PC doesn't handle EGA/VGA resolutions very
> >>>>> well. It letterboxes 640x400 to 640x480. Is there any way to change
> >>>>> this behavior? I am sure that my video hardware supports 640x400 and I
> >>>>> actually got VPC to use it by manually changing my screen resolution to
> >>>>> 640x400 before starting VPC and configuring VPC not to allow the screen
> >>>>> resolution to change.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >