paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) (02/02/89)
I'm plugging away on my upgrade from 1.1 to 1.3. I now appear to have a good libc.a, thanks to all who sent mail, and especially thanks to Vince for making the 1.2 compiler-specific stuff available on bugs.nosc.mil. I've succeeded in making all of the commands and am beginning on the kernel. I'm having some trouble with missing .h files, but need to investigate further. I may post more about this later. I've got a couple questions for the net. I'm very close to purchasing a 386-based clone and am considering getting a fast 1:1 controller and/or a VGA. Is anybody using the stock 1.3 at_wini.c with anything other that a WD1003? Is anybody using the bios_wini.c that Andy posted last year? A scan through the latest compatibility list showed WD 1002 and 1003 controllers working, but trouble with the 27-X under 1.2. (I think the one I want is the 1006, but that's from memory.) Anybody have any experience with Western Digital 1:1 controllers? I understand Omti makes a 1:1 controller. Anyone using that one? I would love to have a VGA display on my new machine, but I also would like to be able to boot 1.3 Minix and have it understand the display. I've been looking through magazine articles, but it isn't clear whether the new VGA cards emulate older display adapters via the BIOS or at the register level. Is anybody running Minix with a VGA? Which one? If you've got information for me, please send mail. I'll summarize to the net. Thanks, Paul -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul L. Allen | pallen@atc.boeing.com Boeing Advanced Technology Center | ...!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!pallen