davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (07/09/90)
I'm trying to get a system up using the DTC 6280-15T ESDI controller.
It is supposedly compatible with the WD1010 chipset, but I can't get
either SCO Xenix or UNIX to even attempt to install. Oddly this seemed
to work once, and has now failed consistenly for the last 24 hours.
If anyone has gotten this to work, perhaps you could post or mail me
your jumper settings, etc, for the controller.
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -medavidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (07/09/90)
In article <1237@sixhub.UUCP> I wrote: | | I'm trying to get a system up using the DTC 6280-15T ESDI controller. | It is supposedly compatible with the WD1010 chipset, but I can't get | either SCO Xenix or UNIX to even attempt to install. Oddly this seemed | to work once, and has now failed consistenly for the last 24 hours. Ah ha! The reason it worked was because I had an old IBM CGA card in for debugging before putting in a VGA card. Does that ring any bells with anyone? -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
gary@cdthq (gary) (07/11/90)
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes: > Ah ha! The reason it worked was because I had an old IBM CGA card in > for debugging before putting in a VGA card. Does that ring any bells > with anyone? Yes, real familiar. We had lots of problems at work with Unix/Xenix not working with some brands of EGA/VGA cards. Does the system work with the VGA card and a ST-506 drive/card? If it does, you're probably having a memory collision between the new HD adapter and the VGA. I suspect the first.... Gary Heston, at home....
campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell) (07/15/90)
In article <1ii5L1w161w@cdthq> gary@cdthq (gary) writes: :davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes: :> Ah ha! The reason it worked was because I had an old IBM CGA card in :> for debugging before putting in a VGA card. Does that ring any bells :> with anyone? : :Yes, real familiar. We had lots of problems at work with Unix/Xenix :not working with some brands of EGA/VGA cards. Does the system work :with the VGA card and a ST-506 drive/card? If it does, you're :probably having a memory collision between the new HD adapter and :the VGA. I suspect the first.... : :Gary Heston, at home.... I too had VGA related problems. Specifically the 16-bit Paradise VGA+ caused problems writing floppy disks on my 33Mhz 386 with Xenix 2.3.3! Putting the 16-bit board in an 8-bit slot cleared the problem. I subsequently replaced the board with an 8-bit and haven't had any problems since. -- ....microsoft--\ Bill Campbell; Celestial Software ...uw-entropy----!thebes!camco!bill 6641 East Mercer Way ....fluke------/ Mercer Island, Wa 98040 ....hplsla----/ (206) 232-4164