paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) (02/08/89)
About a week ago, I asked if anyone had Minix running on a 1:1 interleave controller or a VGA display. I've had four responses, and since they're all drifting in the same direction, I guess it's time for a summary. Eric Schneider (eric@wsu.edu) runs Minix on an IBM AT with an HP 16-bit VGA card, which he says is actually a Paradise VGA Plus-16. He has no problems and suggests that most non-IBM VGA's provide hardware emulation of previous adapters and so should work with Minix. Mac Michaels (mac@mcc.com) runs Minix 1.3 on a Gateway 2000 20Mhz 386 with a DTC 7280 1:1 controller and an Everex EVGA card. He says that Minix runs fine in EGA mode, since the Everex card switches modes depending on how you try to use it. Charles Marslett (chasm@killer.dallas.tx.us) has used several EGA and VGA cards with 1.3 on both a Heath/Zenith 151 and an AST Premium/286. He didn't think a VGA would cause me any problems. Phil Miller (...!tektronix!ogccse) just acquired a Paradise VGA+ card. Minix boots and simple things work, but he hasn't tried any screen manupulating programs like mined, elle, or stevie. Phil noted that register-compatible VGA's like his Paradise tend to show incompatibilities under DOS when running FANSI with some graphics programs or ANSI with KERMIT. A recent issue of one of the PC mags (he wasn't sure which) gave code for working around these problems. Thanks for the information, guys! Now is there anybody out there running Minix on a WD1006, Adaptec, or Ommti 1:1 controller? Send mail, and I'll summarize. Paul Allen -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul L. Allen | pallen@atc.boeing.com Boeing Advanced Technology Center | ...!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!pallen