Microsoft Windows 3.0 Screen Drivers

See Also
IPB 2029 - IPB 1015 - IPB 1016
IPB 1024 - IPB 2040 - IPB 2050
IPB 2063 - IPB 2078 - IPB 2086
IPB 2118

Installing a Standard VGA Driver

When installing Windows 3 for the first time, care should be taken when selecting an appropriate screen driver. The default option is VGA 640*480*16, which is suitable for ALL Apricot systems with standard VGA or enhanced VGA capability. The driver 'Apricot 640*480*16 (For All Monitors)' should NOT be used unless the system is equipped with ENHANCED VGA, as it is written especially for the enhanced chip set and will not correctly display a mouse cursor when used with standard VGA systems.

Mouse Pointer Fix for Enhanced VGA

Users running Windows 3 with Enhanced VGA may notice that the colour of the mouse pointer changes periodically for no apparent reason. Whilst this is rather interesting, it has only presented a problem when the fill colour has changed to white and the cursor has been difficult to see.

In Area 6 of the Insight BBS there is now a file called CURSOR.ZIP. This contains the following three drivers which display the mouse cursor correctly:

As these drivers replace the existing enhanced VGA drivers, there is no special installation required. Simply copy each of the three drivers into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory and run Windows as normal.

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