How much time of you spend in "True VGA" mode??

I tried SE_VGA and it killed my wireless until I did a hard reboot. But the fonts were way too small. What would be great would be an app that would let me switch to true VGA when I browse the web or watch a movie.

Laserboy, I had the same problem and it was driving me nuts. I switched over to using the Odyssey client and haven't had a problem since.

so what exactly is the difference between ozvga and se_vga. i currrently use se_vga, but i think it is a bit crap. it is really only useful for map viewing and web browsing. besides that, it is way too small, and i am a young guy too.

[ooosadface]

Oz_VGA - will update the fonts in the registry along with the soft reset. You have the ability to store one set of fonts for QVGA and one set for true VGA. It also gives you the ability, once you mater it, to store different registry strings from different apps settings and have them load and unload depending on what mode you are in. Mr. OZ (those are his initials) has a detailed example of this on his website here...

The biggest problem, it appears, is that some of the built in Windows apps don't truly look to the registry for some of the font settings. The best example is the 'Start' menu compared to the 'New' menu. The 'Start' menu appears to hold a 900 font setting in the registry regardless of whether or not you told it to be 1200 in Oz_VGA while the 'New' menu listens and obeys nicely as do most if not all of the tap and hold menus.

For some, the font is still too small so they have chosen to stick with QVGA. Unfortunately you lose a lot of real-estate in QVGA mode so to me it was/is worth the time to invest in making it work.

Good luck with your choice and you can see some of my previous posts in this thread for settings I use.

[tklotzii]

I have to admit I love the "true vga" much better than normal. But i am still new to the whole pda area. I have a couple of programs that will just lock up. They are both games and I am sure that I will just need to switch to normal mode to play...but I would love to never switch back again. Is there a way or do I just need to switch back to play these two games? I tried the brute vga force trick and that did not seem to help unless I did something wrong....The games are pocket strip pokerII, sky force, and zraid so far. Also is there way to increas ico size on today plugins? Specifically JournalBar...? Thanks for you help...


T

[ooosadface]

Do you have Picard's tweaked Gapi installed? It may not help, but it definetly doesn't hurt.

[Hendrixus]

Do you have Picard's tweaked Gapi installed? It may not help, but it definetly doesn't hurt.

Help? with what

Hendrixus

[ooosadface]

Picard's GAPI makes it so that the Pocket SNES emulator (for one) works in true VGA mode. It is possible it would help for other games that use the Gapi as well.

Why are you following me with flame bait? Please stop.

[Hendrixus]

Picard's GAPI makes it so that the Pocket SNES emulator (for one) works in true VGA mode. It is possible it would help for other games that use the Gapi as well.

Thanks for the explanation! and eh? at least try;)

Hendrixus

[tklotzii]

Thanks all. I did load the gapi driver and that at least made it possible to run the game but you cannot play it. Its like you cannot click on the buttons in the game. Like the screen is off and you have to guess the placement of the keys....??? Wierd stuff. The newer games run great...Hmmm....will just have to wait i guess...

T

[ooosadface]

Well that's a step closer. Picard is pretty busy with BetaPlayer and life stuff but says he plans to tweak it a bit more to make it more flexible. It should help more people stay in true VGA mode for longer.

[ryno4youth]

Not using Real VGA makes me feel like I am going back to me 486/dx computer.

[nathbeck]

There is a simple fix for displaying Acrobat and other programs such as the ftx browser in VGA without having to install SE_VGA. This involves copying and renaming a file to the directory where acrobat resides.

Hi
I tried SE_VGA (not OZ_VGA) and did not like it, both for the reset required and for some font issues. I posted to Brighhand and got the following response. I installed the suggested file for the programs where I really want VGA (Adobe, Pocket Streets and some of the M$ programs - VGA really rocks for looking at maps, and since you can always magnify, is great for Acrobat). The link is below, I know nothing more about this than I followed directions and it solved all my problems (except that I still can;t get Vindigo to work right, in true VGA it occupies only half the screen).
Neal
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From Brighthand post of several weeks ago, verbatim
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It works quite well. You can find more info, incuding the file itself, here:

http://www.pc-counselor.com/How_to/

And search for

How to deactivate the "Double Pixeling" feature in WM2003 SE in individual programs.

[makuu]

ooosadface,

What font sizes do you have in PI? My one qualm with going true vga all the time is the way PI looks. When entering new appointments/tasks, it's quarter screened... Any fix for this?

I am using True VGA mode all the time and only switch to standard VGA to use Game (with my e800, I am suppose to receive my x50v next week). I used to switch with custom scripts, as I use different dll for PI and Resco explorer for the two VGA mode. Now this feature is available with ozVGA .53.

My comments to ooosadface screenshots, you could modify Resco exe and dll using Microsoft Embedded C++ to get small full icons instead of a quarter of a larger icon. You could also get a PiRessource.dll for Real VGA by reinstalling PI in Real VGA mode (and with ozVGA .53 you can use the two differents dll when switching Vga).

You can check screenshots in this post:
http://www.ppccool.com/index.php?showtopic=2432

It contains also the modified Resco Explorer exe and dll (included with my scripts) but unfortunately these are for the french version. Anyway it will give you an idea of what you could get.

Magnolia, the PiRessource.dll for Real VGA that you would get by reinstalling PI in Real VGA mode can be modified to get a bigger font and have dialog box for entering new appointments/tasks in full screen. I did it for the french version of PI. If you post this dll in this thread I will modify it for you.

[magnolia]

I am using True VGA mode all the time and only switch to standard VGA to use Game (with my e800, I am suppose to receive my x50v next week). I used to switch with custom scripts, as I use different dll for PI and Resco explorer for the two VGA mode. Now this feature is available with ozVGA .53.

My comments to ooosadface screenshots, you could modify Resco exe and dll using Microsoft Embedded C++ to get small full icons instead of a quarter of a larger icon. You could also get a PiRessource.dll for Real VGA by reinstalling PI in Real VGA mode (and with ozVGA .53 you can use the two differents dll when switching Vga).

You can check screenshots in this post:
http://www.ppccool.com/index.php?showtopic=2432

It contains also the modified Resco Explorer exe and dll (included with my scripts) but unfortunately these are for the french version. Anyway it will give you an idea of what you could get.

Magnolia, the PiRessource.dll for Real VGA that you would get by reinstalling PI in Real VGA mode can be modified to get a bigger font and have dialog box for entering new appointments/tasks in full screen. I did it for the french version of PI. If you post this dll in this thread I will modify it for you.

Sounds a little complicated, but I'll give it a try. I've attached the .dll to this post. I'd appreciate it if you could make it so my PI looks like the one in the thread you linked to. TIA.

[makuu]

Magnolia,

the dll you attached is the dll for Standard Vga mode.
You have to reinstall PI being in Real Vga mode, you will then have the proper small icons. Attach this dll to another post and I will modify it with bigger font and full screen dialog box. :approve:

[deslock]

Goamo VGA keyboard
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16009

Originally Posted by Boxster S

Thanks, just bought it. Now SE_VGA is almost perfect :)

FYI, there is a freeware VGA keyboard out there called RipBoard (it's no longer being developed, but you can still download it). I ran it on my hx4700, but I never bothered installing it on my X50v since I seldom use true-VGA. SE_VGA and ozVGA are cool, but there are some programs that don't work and icons are still too small (a 4" screen is bad enough, but a 3.7" is painful).

If someone fixed PIE so that it didn't scale images, I'd never use true-VGA.

[magnolia]

Magnolia,

the dll you attached is the dll for Standard Vga mode.
You have to reinstall PI being in Real Vga mode, you will then have the proper small icons. Attach this dll to another post and I will modify it with bigger font and full screen dialog box. :approve:

I'm confused. Are you saying that I should switch to real VGA mode (using ozvga) and THEN get the .dll? Or is there some other way to get it?

[pcbrat]

I have an almost blind girlfriend (glaucoma) in the US so I know what I am talking about. She is thrilled what we are doing in Holland for handicapped, which is better then in the US, she tells me so when she's here.

My son is visually impaired and so far the US is awesome. Even paying for his college woohoo :) Maybe your girlfriend needs to find other sources in the US like I have. There is plenty of help in the US for the handicapped where I am at least(and of course I also believe every institution has room for improvement).

[makuu]

I'm confused. Are you saying that I should switch to real VGA mode (using ozvga) and THEN get the .dll? Or is there some other way to get it?

Yes, switch to real VGA mode (using ozVGA or SE_VGA), reinstall PI then get the dll. (if you want ozVGA to manage the two dlls, you have to add the path \Windows\PIResources.dll in ozVGA files folder).

[magnolia]

Ok, this is just STUPID. I switched to ozvga to get the .dll and now my applications won't launch. Well, the MICROSOFT applications won't. That is, File explorer, PIE, calendar, etc. WTF? So I backed up, hard reset and went to ozvga again and they still won't. What the HELL? Stupid stupid MS. I guess I'll try it again...

[magnolia]

Ok. I got it working again. Quite ridiculous. Anyway, here's the dll.

FYI, there is a freeware VGA keyboard out there called RipBoard (it's no longer being developed, but you can still download it). I ran it on my hx4700, but I never bothered installing it on my X50v since I seldom use true-VGA. SE_VGA and ozVGA are cool, but there are some programs that don't work and icons are still too small (a 4" screen is bad enough, but a 3.7" is painful).

If someone fixed PIE so that it didn't scale images, I'd never use true-VGA.

Here is a pic of my true vga keyboard:


I tried the others but I like the goamo keyboard, it was worth the 6 bucks. Like I mentioned, the home/end/del + shift (copy, cut, paste) I use all the time, in true vga or not, because I don't like to drag the stylus (no screen protector yet). I want to get a boxwave but there seems to be some negative comments on the boxwave thread here.

VGA rocks, although I guess you need good eyes on the 3.7"
:approve:
Later,
dppc

[makuu]

Ok. I got it working again. Quite ridiculous. Anyway, here's the dll.

Here is your modified dll.

Don't forget to add the path \Windows\PIResources.dll in ozVGA files folder to manage different dll in the two vga Mode. You will have to also add the path \My Documents\WebIS\Settings.txt (in ozVGA files folder) to manage the different PI GUI font size in the two vga mode (use ozVGA .53).

Tell me if it works and specify your PI version (is it 5.61 ?). If your feedback is positive then I will send the dll to Oleg, he already ask the dll but until now I only had french dll.

[makuu]

If you want to see more screen capture, check this link:

http://www.ppccool.com/index.php?act...t=0#entry15887

You'll find a zip file called Real___Standard_VGA.zip.

It contains a .doc file with screen captures in both VGA mode. It's a little old because I did it in August. But it will give you a good idea of what you could expect in both mode.

[deslock]

VGA rocks, although I guess you need good eyes on the 3.7"

I have 20/13 and 20/15 vision; I just find the larger fonts and start-menu icons with MW2003SE mode to be more pleasant to work with. That said, the real drawback for me with true-VGA is compatibility/functionality:

1. Letter Recognizer is too small
2. The Transcriber-bar doesn't work
3. Some data entry fields are too small (in Calendar and Contacts, for example)
4. Year view doesn't work in Calendar
5. Resco Picture View doesn't run
6. Many games don't run
7. Cards are too small in Solitaire (I don't play often, but it's annoying)
8. The Start Menu icon sometimes show up as black (this is minor)

If there was an easy way to address the first five items, I'd keep it in true-VGA mode most of the time.