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Bill Cohane <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:52:32 -0500
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At 12:30 03/16/01, Ethan Matthews wrote:
>On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:39:17 -0500, Bill Cohane <[log in to unmask]>
>posted
>article <[log in to unmask]>, which said:
>
> > If you can increase the refresh rate (Control Panel, Display),
> > the video will naturally expand to fill more of the screen.
>
>Hmmm.  The higher I set my refresh rate, the more my screen shrinks.  With
>higher refresh rates, I must "expand" the screen using the front
>controls on
>the monitor.  Of course, once the size is set, the monitor remembers it.


Ethan is correct. I should have said "decrease the refresh rate
to expand the screen image." This should make it easy to change
screen size because you don't have to worry about setting the
refresh rate too high. (Of course, you may see flicker if you go
too low.)

Thanks Ethan.

Regards,
Bill

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