Re: [Rpcemu] How to recover from bad monitor mode?

Hello Peter,

On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:24:56 +1000, Peter Howkins
<rpcemu.howkins@marutan.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 02:51:29PM +1000, Terry Duell wrote:
>> Is there a way of booting RPCEmu into a safe screen mode, to allow
>> these sort of errors to be corrected, without having to resort to
>> replacing the hard disc image?
>
> There's a few methods (that apply to real hardware too).
>
> 1) Hold down 'shift' on startup to prevent !Boot from running (which
> loads
> the dodgy mode), and then poke around in !Boot to change which mode is
> used.

I tried to do that but never had any success, so assumed that it was not
possible.
I have experimented a few times since your message, but don't have any
luck in getting it to work.
>
> *or*
>
> 2) Wait till you're in the 'desktop' (or best guess when that it). hit
> F12
> and blindtype 'wimpmode 28' (without quotes) and hit enter. This should
> put you back into 640x480, and then poke around in !Boot to change which
> mode is used.

OK. That puts me in a mode where all I see is what looks like a task
window...nothing else, no desktop. If I type 'Desktop' I get told that the
desktop is running. Is that expected behaviour? At this stage I don't
think I would know how to fix the problem at this level of access, but a
bit of homework might sort that, not sure.

It looks like a backup of hd4.hdf and cfg files before monkeying with
monitor modes, is probably the best and most reliable way to recover.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
--
Regards,
Terry Duell

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