Microsoft KB Archive/67996

Screen Flashes When Accessing Menus on Wang VGA

PSS ID Number: Q67996 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The Wang 350/16s screen may flash multiple times when you access the File or View menu in Microsoft Word for DOS version 5.5.

Upgrading the read-only memory (ROM) chips on the Wang video graphics adapter (WVGA) card to version 1.04.15 corrects the flashing problem and allows Word to be successfully set up for a VGA card.

This problem was reported on a Wang 350/16s with Phoenix basic input/output system (BIOS) version 1.10.01 and a VGA card with BIOS version 1.04.00. The screen flashing problem occurs even if you start the computer from a DOS disk (no AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file).

To eliminate the problem, set up Word 5.5 for an IBM enhanced graphics adapter (EGA) card or compatible rather than a VGA card.

The Wang VGA card was not part of the configuration testing for Word version 5.5.

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