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From: chiefjim@unix.nospam.asb.com (Jim Strand)
Subject: Re: Pro Pilot USA
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 20:21:31 -0800, "Rev. Karin Conover-Lewis"
<revkarin_spamkiller_@flash.net> wrote:

>You didn't get "taken", but 640x480 is the maximum resolution for SPP, SPP
>USA and PP99. You can get a full-price rebate on SPP USA if you buy PP99 in
>a week or so, when it hits the stores. Or, you can return SPP USA to Sierra,
>for a full refund, if you don't like any aspect of it. I would agree that
>the system requirements should be more specific, since by citing 640x480x256
>as a minimum requirement one could easily assume that higher resolutions are
>supported. I have told them this repeatedly, but they don't always take my
>advice. Can you imagine that!? :-D
>
>Oh, yes -- one other thing: PP99 is also limited to 640x480x256, but uses
>the 3Dfx card for hardware acceleration. One might think that this
>resolution limits the sim -- but before coming to that conclusion, you might
>want to drop by AVSim (home of us "sycophants"), and view the side-by-side
>screenshot comparisons posted by Geof A.. 640x480x256 can be very nice,
>indeed.
>
Based upon the odd way that Sierra markets their products this may
well indeed be my last product of theirs purchased.

All other applications I've used that called for "minimum" resolution
supported greater ones as well.  Would hate to buy PP99 only to
discover other secrets.

Back to PP-USA though, surprised to find that even modifying the .ini
file wouldn't render a higher resolution.  Maybe I need to hunt down a
registry line to experiment with.








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