henk@bebux.UUCP (Henk Dijkstra) (12/09/88)
Here are some questions about my microport system V/386:
I'm working with the uport software for about a year now and
generaly speaking i'm still very pleased with it.
However there are a few problems I still can't solve:
1) There seems to be no way to get printer control code's
to the /dev/lp<whatever> device driver. Also the number
of lines/page seems to be fixed at 66.
(No lpset won't work - get : Attempting to enter debugger,
with no db module configured. )
2) The 3 1/2 inch floppy drive (720 kB) is not working.
(It works fine when I boot msdos however).
With Unix: $ format /dev/rdsk/f0q9dt I get: Unkown minor dev. no 48
(The f0d9dt (360 kB) driver works fine!)
So for the time being I've connected a 5 1/4 drive.
3) With the dosmerge package I'm not able to create an EGA image
with the dosadmin command, on my TOP SEGA 800 (from TAXAN) card.
I get: ega image build process failed.
Is there someone out there who experienced the same problems, and have
found a solution for it?
I would be very pleased to here from you. (Preferably by E-mail)
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In article <1508@bebux.UUCP> henk@bebux.UUCP (Henk Dijkstra) writes:
->Here are some questions about my microport system V/386:
->1) There seems to be no way to get printer control code's
-> to the /dev/lp<whatever> device driver. Also the number
-> of lines/page seems to be fixed at 66.
Lpset is fixed in the latest version (3.0e). As a work around, make a raw devicenode for the printer like /dev/rlp with a major device number of 128 + the major
device number of /dev/lp.
->2) The 3 1/2 inch floppy drive (720 kB) is not working.
-> (It works fine when I boot msdos however).
-> With Unix: $ format /dev/rdsk/f0q9dt I get: Unkown minor dev. no 48
-> (The f0d9dt (360 kB) driver works fine!)
-> So for the time being I've connected a 5 1/4 drive.
There was no support for 3.5" floppies in older releases. It's there and works
fine in 3.0e.
->3) With the dosmerge package I'm not able to create an EGA image
-> with the dosadmin command, on my TOP SEGA 800 (from TAXAN) card.
-> I get: ega image build process failed.
That might never work. If the EGA BIOS is write protected or if it uses a banked
switching memory scheme then your stuck with CGA or MONO graphics under DOS.