dma@stat.Berkeley.EDU (D. Mark Abrahams) (06/15/90)
Does anyone know whether the current versions of ISC's X-windows and VP/ix products support the Orchid ProDesigner-Plus video card in 1024 x 768 resolution? Failing that, in 800 x 600 resolution? I phoned Interactive. They say that it's not on their current compatibility list and that this means that they have never tested it and they don't know the answer. Many thanks, Mark Abrahams dma@stat.berkeley.edu dma@ucbstat.bitnet ...!ucbvax!stat!dma
baxter@ics.uci.edu (Ira Baxter) (06/15/90)
In <37034@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> dma@stat.Berkeley.EDU (D. Mark Abrahams) writes: >Does anyone know whether the current versions of ISC's X-windows and >VP/ix products support the Orchid ProDesigner-Plus video card in >1024 x 768 resolution? Failing that, in 800 x 600 resolution? >I phoned Interactive. They say that it's not on their current >compatibility list and that this means that they have never tested it >and they don't know the answer. Well, I am currently struggling with this. The short answer is that nobody is sure. The ProDesigner-Plus I have works fine under DOS in both vanilla VGA and 1024x768 with color (tested with FRACTINT). It also works as console under ISC 2.0.2, as high-res 1024x768 with color under X11R3 (this is very pretty). What it *doesn't* do is work as vanilla VGA under VPIX 1.01.01; with the "VGAROM" line in VPIX.CNF commented out, the console display locks up and a reboot is required; with the "VGAROM" line in, you get a grey-scale-only display, that is usable with VPIX if all you want is grey. I have talked to another user who is completely successful with this card on his 386, so there is hope; I am trying to use it with a 486, so maybe that's the problem, but I doubt it. I am currently discussing the problem with Orchid, and they act like they are interested in resolving the problem, so we'll see. I'll post the results when they are in. I have heard a number of reports that the STB-EM16 and STB-EM16+ cards work just fine. Does anybody know why typing "quit" to VPIX usually fails? I usually have to do ALT-SYSREQ/M/Q to kill VPIX. -- Ira Baxter
dma@dvorak.Berkeley.EDU (D. Mark Abrahams) (06/16/90)
In article <267896AB.18259@paris.ics.uci.edu> baxter@ics.uci.edu (Ira Baxter) writes: > In <37034@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> I wrote: [My query, and Ira's detailed answer, deleted]. In fairness to ISC, I should say that it was the person at ISC who answered the phone who said that because the Orchid ProDesigner-Plus was not on their compatible products list, they did not know whether it was supported. A technical person from ISC's X window group replied to me directly, with info that was consistent Ira's: Yes for X-windows; Yes but with some qualifications for VP/ix. Mark Abrahams