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Graphics Problems
Distorted Graphics in the Hammond Atlas To resolve problems with the appearance of graphics in the Hammond Atlas try changing the resolution and color setting on your machine. If you are running in 256 color mode, try changing to Highcolor (16-bit). As a general rule increasing the number of colors you are running should fix this problem which shows up as deep blue or purple screens. Follow the instructions below for changing colors on your system to resolve graphics problems. Adjusting Colors\Resolution Click Start and choose Settings and Control Panel. Double-click the Display icon. Click the tab in the upper right hand corner labeled Settings. Click on the down-arrow button located to the right of the Color Palette field. For 256 colors, select 256 from the color palette pull down menu. For thousands of colors, change the color palette to High Color 16-bit. Then click Apply or press the ENTER key. You may be prompted to restart Windows at this point for the changes to take affect. If you do not have the option of going into the amount of colors you would like to, then you may need to contact the manufacturer of your computer or video card for updated video drivers or additional video RAM. Changing your Resolution/Desktop Area: In the section labeled "Desktop Area", drag the slider to the left or to the right to decrease and increase the currently displayed number of pixels on your monitor. Adjusting the resolution may resolve some display related problems with the Hammond Atlas.
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