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From: REIDMP@MAINE.BITNET (Reid M. Pinchback)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: QUESTION: Using a VGA monitor on its side?
Message-ID: <91087.155337REIDMP@MAINE.BITNET>
Date: 28 Mar 91 20:53:37 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System
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I've just started using a PC clone of TeX (emTeX).  I noticed that the
vertical-to-horizontal screen proportions are close to the horizontal-
to-vertical proportions of an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.  By rotating the
page image 90 degrees and setting the monitor on its side, you get a
good full-screen view of what the page will look like.
 
But... (there always seems to be a but, somewhere)
 
When I set the VGA monitor on its side, there is a strange distortion of
colour.  It is the 800x600 resolution VGA monitor that comes with the
AT&T 6386 WGS (a 386 clone).  The card is AT&T's VDC 600.  Most of this
AT&T PC stuff is manufactured by Olivetti.
 
Questions:
 
   1. What causes the colour distortion?
   2. Is there a way to fix it?
   3. Is it harmful to the monitor to use it on its side?
 
Thanx in advance
     Reid