Tim,
Works fine now!! The scrambled text screen symptoms are gone.
However I don't understand how the virtual screen works. I saw the explanation in the view window docks, but don't quite get the idea.
The problem may be that scrolling is not supported by your video card. If you go to the viewwindow screen while in a VESA mode (say 888 at 800x600) and change the values at the bottom of the menu to larger numbers (say 1200x1000), when you press enter, the image should regenerate in a size larger than the screen size. If you end up with the same size image (800x600), then virtual screens and scrolling are not supported. I tried to put in a message to that effect, but need to reorder the logic (meaning it's not there, yet). My latest executable is in the fractint directory. The diff is included in the zipped file. This latest cleans up the problem with not being able to set a larger width. I don't know if it breaks the earlier fix for the problem I saw on my desktop. It shouldn't, but I won't know for 2 1/2 weeks. There are still problems when you press the space bar (with and without viewwindows turned on). The cursor and image go off screen. Looked in jiim.c, where this code is. Tried something, but it failed miserably. Jonathan