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john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1409 Location: Australia

Hello Legacy OS 2 users,
To improve your not my user experience while using Legacy OS 2, can you please take the time to list what screen ratio you use.

For Example post "I use 1024x768"

This little bit of info will help me a lot please post.

Indy452 · Joined: 21 Feb 2011 Posts: 37

Use 1600x1200 on my old IBM A22P laptop using OS2.

ally · Joined: 19 May 2012 Posts: 912 Location: lincoln

1024x768 on ibm t21

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russoodle · Posted: Tue 18 Dec 2012, 08:58 Post subject:

1280 x 1020 on Dell D620

1600 x 1200 on IBM T42P

1400 x 900 on 17" Intel Mac

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john biles · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1409 Location: Australia

Hello Everyone who commented,
I never expected anyone to be using 1600 x 1200 Screen Ratios and 2 of you have commented that you do. I expected a few 800 x 600 posts but theres been none.

Anyone out there using 800 x 600 please say so now.

Please keep those Ratios coming...

ICPUG · Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 1290 Location: UK

I use 800x600 on my 17" CRT cos that is all my eyes can cope with.

Now I have finally got a second hand 19" LCD with 5x4 aspect ratio (NOT 16x9) I may likely move to 1024x768 or a bit higher.

Since new LCDs seem to come in 16x9 only I fear for the eyesight of people who like to use computers for something other than viewing videos. I have found no solution to using a brand new 16x9 22" LCD that I bought. Try and reduce the pixel resolution from the preferred default for the monitor and it goes fuzzy. I'm glad I managed to get that 19" 5x4. The world of technology does not care about those with poor eyesight.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6019 Location: Kentucky

Generally use Legacy on my older hardware with CRT monitors @ 1024x768.

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4841 Location: GB

Old kit, crt (max. 1024x768)= 800x600; anything Athlon via KVM on led monitors (max. 1400x900)= 1024x768. Anything higher is just bragging rights by folks with peculiar setups or incorrect use-of/positioning of HW, even for 20/20 vision. Maybe some folks haven't spotted the title "LEGACY" ?! When this kernel was current, BK was still using 640x480 default!

789 · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 21

@JohnBiles
xwininfo: Window id: 0x3d (the root window) (has no name)
Absolute upper-left X: 0
Absolute upper-left Y: 0
Relative upper-left X: 0
Relative upper-left Y: 0
Width: 1280
Height: 1024
Depth: 24
Visual Class: TrueColor
Border width: 0
Class: InputOutput
Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
Backing Store State: NotUseful
Save Under State: no
Map State: IsViewable
Override Redirect State: no
Corners: +0+0 -0+0 -0-0 +0-0
-geometry 1280x1024+0+0

(re-post: in case you did not read; could you make .config available, would like vga=791; having no luck)