P3D Re: Getting Photomaster to work

["Adam L. Beckerman" <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had problems at first with VR97's drivers as well.  And I have 
a Cirrus 5446 card (yep, it's on the list).  I downloaded the 
latest version of VR97 (current as of 10/20/97, 327kb large) 
from Apec's website (http://www.apec.com.tw).  You have 
to click on the wrench button that directs you to the toolkit 
page.  After doing so, I no longer got the incompatible drivers 
message, and VR97 opened properly.  I then was able to turn 
on the 120Hz interlaced mode from the VR97 button bar that 
floats on the desktop, and could look at the images using the 
glasses.

This hasn't been problem free though since I have only a few 
different resloutions and refresh rates for my montior, and some 
appear quite dark, and some appear too distorted.  Once I 
activate the 120Hz refresh from VR97, the screen gets lighter, 
but some resolutions are still distorted.  I'm sure it has to do 
with my video card, so many of you should have better luck with 
this.  I also find that I have to constantly adjust the screen 
settings on my montior, and it being an older monitor without 
digital controls, I am very limited in my viewing area.  One thing 
that greatly helps with Windows 95 is to have a program called 
Quickres.  It allows you change resolutions on the fly without 
having to restart windows.  This program is part of something 
called Powertoys and can be found as downloadable shareware 
on most shareware download web sites.  I believe that Windows 
98 will include it as part of the package.

I hope this helps someone get it up and running.

There is also a current version (1.1) of PhotoEZ (1.4 
MB) available for download on their website.

Adam


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