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- From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Diamond Speed Star SVGA card
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.051158.20574@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 15 Aug 92 05:11:58 GMT
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- I think you can add a few real mode codes before the kernel is loaded. If
- it is true, you just need to know what code is sent to VBIOS to set the
- clock.
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- H.J.
- Gcc/libc maintainer for Linux.
- In article <1992Aug14.174805@hammer.Prime.COM>, cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) writes:
- |> In article <1992Aug14.171832.23483@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis) writes:
- |> > anyone got this to work with X under Linux????
- |>
- |> Yes, but not me, I don't have one.
- |>
- |> > And also, is it true that the Diamond Stealth card won't work 'cuz
- |> > it has that new S3 chip???
- |>
- |> Yeup, that's also true. I do own one of these, but I haven't tried.
- |> I've been trying to figure out how Diamond selects the clocks for the
- |> different video modes. No luck yet. If I have time this weekend, I'll
- |> play around with DEBUG under DOS, and try and see what the bleep the VBIOS
- |> is doing for mode selection.
- |>
- |> =================================================================
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- |> Framingham, Mass. 500 Old Connecticut Path
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- |> Home: cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us
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- |> Std. Disclaimer: "Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration,
- |> I've come to the conclusion that your new
- |> defense system SUCKS..." -- War Games
- |> =================================================================
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