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- From: ted@isgtec.com (Ted Richards)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: SVGA ON does not work.
- Message-ID: <3940@isgtec.isgtec.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 14:43:41 GMT
- References: <93005.143629TED@vm.utcs.utoronto.ca>
- Sender: news@isgtec.com
- Organization: ISG Technologies Inc. Mississauga Ont. Canada
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- TED@vm.utcs.utoronto.ca wrote:
- : When I go into a full screen DOS session and type SVGA ON I receive
- : the following message:
-
- : Error generating Clent: Requires VESA compliant BIOS
-
-
- : What am I doing wrong. I have an ATI wonder XL with 1 meg of memory. I
- : am currently using Joel's ver 1.0 drivers. I tried using the generic
- : 800*600*16 drivers but I get the following message when I boot my
- : machine:
-
- : SYS0355 The Display mode requested is not correct or the VIO function
- : requested is not valid for the current display mode.
-
-
- : Again what is wrong with my system such that the only SVGA drivers
- : that seem to work are Joel's original drivers? Should I be talking to
- : ATI about getting an updated BIOS. Can one even upgrade the BIOS on
- : ATI XL cards?
-
- I, too, have a 1 Meg Wonder XL, and I have no problems running SVGA ON.
- I do have problems using the resulting file in 1024x768x256 mode, though.
- Either SVGA.EXE does not store the correct information,, or no one has
- written a driver that uses it properly. I am currently still using
- the SVGADATA.PMI from Joel's 1024x768x256 driver, but with the new
- Trident drivers (so I get seamless Windows).
-
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- Ted Richards ted@isgtec.com [...!uunet.ca!isgtec!ted]
- ISG Technologies Inc. 6509 Airport Rd., Mississauga Ont. Canada L4V 1S7
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