Thank you for giving this a test. Area 5150 is a torture test, so it's understandable that not everything could display, but even using stock video modes there is a border displayed around the text area that can be changed by the color selector register (this is one of the tests in the CGA compatibility tester). Maybe some sort of compromise can be struck that can allow that to work? Such as rendering to an 800 by 600 frame to output a standard mode?
Hmm, changing the render area will require significant work due to changes in many places as the CGA bitstreams share common code. Need to partition out the differences into separate branches. Then followed by extensive testing. Apologies as I may not have time for this right now.
@@yeokm1 If it is too difficult, don't worry about it :-) I was just curious if it were possible. It is still a great solution for people who have trouble sourcing CRT monitors. Thank you for documenting the work.
5:18 Look at the women's face on the monochrome CRT in the bottom-right 😨😨
Thank you for giving this a test. Area 5150 is a torture test, so it's understandable that not everything could display, but even using stock video modes there is a border displayed around the text area that can be changed by the color selector register (this is one of the tests in the CGA compatibility tester). Maybe some sort of compromise can be struck that can allow that to work? Such as rendering to an 800 by 600 frame to output a standard mode?
Hmm, changing the render area will require significant work due to changes in many places as the CGA bitstreams share common code. Need to partition out the differences into separate branches. Then followed by extensive testing.
Apologies as I may not have time for this right now.
@@yeokm1 If it is too difficult, don't worry about it :-) I was just curious if it were possible. It is still a great solution for people who have trouble sourcing CRT monitors. Thank you for documenting the work.