tamboer@cs.vu.nl (Tamboer Erik) (12/19/90)
The ATI EGA Wonder card has been around for quite some time now, but it seems that a lot of people using it don't know all of its features. This is probably due to the incomplete manual. I never trust manuals, so I always try to find options etc. not mentioned. Following is a list of command line options for the acccompanying 'Superswitch Mode Switching software' SMS.COM, that I compiled by examining the program, and the meaning of the DIP switches (for people who don't have the manual). Options preceded by a star were not mentioned in the documentation. Some options are not clear to me, on my EGA monitor nothing happens. These are marked with a '?'. All options have the side effect that a screen saver is installed in memory (1984 bytes resident) that will blank the screen after a certain period of no keyboard activity, unless the option is followed by -nonresident. I hope someone finds this of some use... Erik. ___________________________________________________________________________ ATI Technologies Inc. SMS Version 2.01 Command line options * = undocumented ___________________________________________________________________________ * -nonresident : (following another option) don't install screen saver. 132 : 132 columns (color or mono, based on current mode) * c132 : Color 132 columns, 25 rows * c132x44 : Color 132 columns, 44 rows * c40 : Color 40 columns (CGA) c80 : Color 80 columns (CGA) * ce40 : Color 40 columns (EGA) ce80 : Color 80 columns (EGA) * compaqds : Double scan on 200 line graphics when in hi-scan (?) * compaqls : Low scan on 200 line graphics (?) disab : Disable enhanced features enab : Enable enhanced features * exit : ? (Seems to do nothing) * h640x400 : Set default Hercules graphics mode to 640 x 400 pixels * h720x348 : Set default Hercules graphics mode to 720 x 348 pixels * j132 : Adjust 132 columns screen (color/mono - current mode) * jc132 : Adjust color 132 columns screen * jm132 : Adjust monochrome 132 columns screen * m132 : Monochrome 132 columns, 25 rows * m132x44 : Mono 132 columns, 44 rows m80 : Monochrome 80 columns (Hercules). Can be followed by a, g, or w for amber, green, or white on black, e.g. SMS m80 a -nonresident. * notselected : ? (seems to do nothing) save <n> : Install screen saver (delay <n> minutes) save off : Disable screen saver (leaves it installed) * save on : Install screen saver (default delay 5 minutes) * stack : Enable NMI stack (for incompatibility problems?) * swap : ? * unstack : Disable NMI stack * unswap : ? Use the following with care, you could damage your monitor!!! It is better to set the monitor type once with the DIP switches and never use these options. * monitor ega : Tell adapter there is an EGA monitor attached * monitor compaqhi : Compaq high resolution monitor * monitor compaqlo : Compaq low resolution monitor * monitor mono : TTL Monochrome monitor * monitor multisync : Multisync monitor * monitor rgb : RGB color monitor (CGA) * monitor taxan : Taxan monitor ___________________________________________________________________________ DIP switch settings: .-------- Switch -------. .---- Switch -----. ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Default mode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Monitor type | 5 | 6 | 7 | -----------------------------------------| -------------------------------- Mono(HGC/EGA/MDA)| OFF | OFF | ON | OFF | EGA color | ON | OFF | OFF | ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- CGA (40x25) | ON | OFF | OFF | ON | RGB color | ON | ON | OFF | ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- CGA (80x25) | OFF | OFF | OFF | ON | TTL mono | OFF | ON | OFF | ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- EGA (normal) | ON | ON | ON | OFF | Composite | ON | ON | OFF | ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- EGA (enhanced) | OFF | ON | ON | OFF | Note that RGB and Composite have ------------------------------------------ the same switch settings. ----------------------------- ATI Enhanced Features | 8 | ----------------------------- Enabled | ON | ----------------------------- Disabled | OFF | ----------------------------- -- ____________________ ________________________________________ / Erik Tamboer /\__ / I would have included a really funny /\__ / tamboer@cs.vu.nl /__\/ / joke here, but I already logged out. /__\/ /___________________/ /_______________________________________/
w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) (12/20/90)
If anyone knows where I can purchase a used ATI EGA Wonder please contact me via e-mail. Keith -- Keith Petersen Internet: w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu, w8sdz@eddie.mit.edu, w8sdz@brl.mil Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND