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- From: Stephen Gibson
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: re: Trident VGA board?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.173356.3090@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 01:33:53 GMT
- References: <720921452snx@apusapus.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <720921452snx@apusapus.demon.co.uk> tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins) writes:
- >I have an Olympic Technology 386DX machine which is running DOS 5.0 and
- >Windows 3.1. When the system boots the VGA BIOS identifies itself as
- >Trident's and says ``1024K mode''. When I run MSD (from the \windows
- >directory) it identifies the VGA board as a QUADTEL, also using the 386MAX
- >equivalent of MSD the claim is that the VGA has 512K of RAM.
- >
- >Who is telling me the truth?
- >
- >I RTFMed the VGA manual and it says that the board uses a Trident 8900
- >chip however there is NO name on the book so perhaps I've a QUADTEL board
- >with a Trident chipset.
- >
- >I say all this because I've ftp'ed the Trident drivers from
- >ftp.cica.indiana.edu over the weekend but I'm reluctant to install them
- >until I know one way or the other.
- >
- >-------------------------------------------------------------
- >Trevor Jenkins Radio: G6AJG
- >134 Frankland Rd, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AU
- >email: tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk
- >phone: +44 (0)923 776436
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- Go by what your documentation and bootup messages say. They are more than
- likely to be telling your the truth. Most diagnostic packages cannot
- correctly identify your VGA BIOS or how much memory you have installed.
-
- Stephen Gibson
- Sonoma State University
- eMAIL: gibsonst@sonoma.edu
- Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
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