[comp.sys.ibm.pc] INFO+ Results on the Compudyne 1024 and some questions

jcs@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (John "C". Sucilla) (04/07/91)

I just ran Infoplus on my Compudyne 1024 VGA card and the results are
listed below.  What I'd like to know is can this card really handle
those wild modes like 1640x344x16, 1880x386x16, etc.?  

Apparently this card is some kind of stripped down Powergraph.  I think
the Powergraph maxes out at 1 meg of mem (and the Compudyne at 512K),
is this correct?  What other differences are there between the two?
Could someone with a genuine STB TLI4 Powergaph post their Infoplus 
results here?  I'd like to compare them.

And my last question is, why did it report I only have 256K when I really
have the full 1/2 meg on board?


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Compudyne 1024 Info+ Test Results
Infoplus 1.45   Page 6 - Video Information
Generated: Tue, Jan 1, 1980 at 12:47:06 am
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Display adapter: VESA version 1.1
OEM ID: STB TLI4:Powergraph VGA  Manufacturer: STB TLI4:Powergraph VGA

Video modes supported:

Number: 0000  Mode: Color text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 320x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0001  Mode: Color text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 320x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0002  Mode: Color text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0003  Mode: Color text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0004  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 320x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 4
  Memory model: CGA  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 2  Bank size: 2K
Number: 0005  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 320x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 4
  Memory model: CGA  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 2  Bank size: 2K
Number: 0006  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 2
  Memory model: CGA  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 2  Bank size: 2K
Number: 0007  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x350  Character size: 9x14  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 000D  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes 
  Screen size: 320x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 000E  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 000F  Mode: Monochrome graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x350  Character size: 9x14  Colors: 4
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 2  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0010  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x350  Character size: 9x14  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0011  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes 
  Screen size: 640x480  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 2
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0012  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x480  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0013  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 320x200  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 000B  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 800x600  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0018  Mode: Color text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 384x855  Character size: 9x129  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0019  Mode: Color text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1640x344  Character size: 9x236  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 001A  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1880x386  Character size: 9x46  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 001C  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 8x453  Character size: 9x88  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 001D  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes 
  Screen size: 272x201  Character size: 9x186  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0022  Mode: Monochrome graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 24x298  Character size: 9x163  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0023  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 8x453  Character size: 9x88  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0024  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1024x118  Character size: 9x7  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0025  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes 
  Screen size: 640x480  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0029  Mode: Monochrome graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1880x441  Character size: 9x144  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 002D  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x350  Character size: 9x14  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 002E  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x480  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0036  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 960x720  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0037  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1024x768  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0060  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 8x453  Character size: 9x88  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0061  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 40x831  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0062  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 272x201  Character size: 9x186  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 006A  Mode: Monochrome graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1880x441  Character size: 9x144  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0070  Mode: Monochrome graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1880x441  Character size: 9x144  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0072  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1024x768  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0079  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x480  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 007E  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1024x768  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0101  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 640x480  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0102  Mode: Monochrome graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1880x441  Character size: 9x144  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0104  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 1024x768  Character size: 9x16  Colors: 16
  Memory model: 4-plane  Memory planes: 4  Memory banks: 1
Number: 0109  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 8x453  Character size: 9x88  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 010A  Mode: Monochrome text  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 272x201  Character size: 9x186  Colors: 16
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1
Number: 010B  Mode: Color graphics  BIOS output support: yes
  Screen size: 40x831  Character size: 9x8  Colors: 256
  Memory model: Packed-pixel  Memory planes: 1  Memory banks: 1

Display adapter: VGA
  Chipset: Tseng
Font           Address
INT 1FH        1A3B:0130
INT 43H        C000:5800
ROM 8x14       C000:6804
ROM 8x8 (lo)   C000:5800
ROM 8x8 (hi)   C000:5C00
ROM 9x14       C000:7604
ROM 8x16       C000:46BC
ROM 9x16       C000:56BC

Display type: color
Memory: 256K as determined from standard BIOS call
Palette registers: 00 01 02 03 04 05 14 07 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F
Border color: 00
Color page: $00
Paging mode: 4 pages of 64 registers

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