Take a look at it now. The fix I was trying to use to solve your text screen problem causes too many other problems. So, if it still occurs I'll need more specific information about when. And a lot of clues...
Looks like my symptoms may not have anything to do with the virtual screens. 1. Start fractint 2. press <del> 3. Select 640x480 SVGA mode (SF5) Default Mandelbrot generates OK 4. Press ESC. The text screen is garbled, looks like this: reverse thru history <ctl-h> quit FRACTINT <esc> OPTIONS restart FRACTINT <ins> basic options... <x> COLORS extended options... <y> color cycling mode <c> type-specific parms... <z> rotate palette <+>, <-> view window options... <v> palette editing mode <e> browse parms... <ctl-b> make starfield <a> evolver parms... <ctl-e> ant automaton <ctl-a> sound parms... <ctl-f> stereogram <ctl-s> Use the cursor keys to highlight your selection Press ENTER for highlighted choice, or F1 for help With some garbage below. Notice that the top of the text screen does not show. Tim