rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (01/15/91)
Does anyone successfully use the WD/Paradise 8514/A Plus card in an ISA-Bus machine with OS/2 ? I got such a card and although it works well with Windows 3.0 it does NOT work with OS/2 (IBM 1.2) until now. It has the memory upgrad to 1MB installed which is required for OS/2. Any suggestions ? Thanks in advance, Kai Uwe Rommel -- /* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */ DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams (MS)
goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu (01/16/91)
In article <6578@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>, rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes: > Does anyone successfully use the WD/Paradise 8514/A Plus card in an > ISA-Bus machine with OS/2 ? > > I got such a card and although it works well with Windows 3.0 it does > NOT work with OS/2 (IBM 1.2) until now. It has the memory upgrad to 1MB > installed which is required for OS/2. > There are directions (already posted in this newsgroup) from Western Digital on how to install the Paradise 8514/A card and use it with OS/2 1.2. Similar information is also contained in the IBM OS/2 1.2 manual; it's a question of unpacking the right device driver, and then naming it DISPLAY.DLL, and then modifying config.sys. IBM's OS/2 1.3 recognises the 8514/A card and installs the correct driver for it without user intervention. The card also continues to work fine. By the way, Windows 3.0 under OS/2 1.3 is faster than under OS/2 1.2 Adrian Goldman Adrian Goldman | Internet: Goldman@MBCL.Rutgers.Edu Molecular Biology Computing Laboratory | Bitnet: Goldman@BioVAX Waksman Insitute, | Phone: (908) 932-4864 Rutgers University, | Fax: (908) 932-5735 Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA |
robk@cpqhou.uucp (Rob Kiesler) (01/16/91)
in article <6578@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>, rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) says: > > Does anyone successfully use the WD/Paradise 8514/A Plus card in an > ISA-Bus machine with OS/2 ? > > I got such a card and although it works well with Windows 3.0 it does > NOT work with OS/2 (IBM 1.2) until now. It has the memory upgrad to 1MB > installed which is required for OS/2. > > Any suggestions ? > > Thanks in advance, > Kai Uwe Rommel > We have a WD 8514a that we have been running with OS/2 1.2 for several months with no problem. You need to make sure that: 1) An uncompressed 8514.DLL renamed to DISPLAY.DLL is the FIRST DISPLAY.DLL found in your LIBPATH. 2) You have modified the BVH entries in your CONFIG.SYS as follows: Replace "DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP" with "DEVINFO=SCR,BGA,C:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP" Replace "SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_VGA" with "SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_IBM8514A" Replace "SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)" with "SET VIO_IBM8514A=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVH8514A)" Note that since the 8514a is a secondary display adapter only, it REQUIRES the presence of a primary display adapter such as a VGA,EGA,CGA, etc. All OS/2 full screen groups will run on the primary display adapter. The above example assumes your'e using a VGA as your primary display adapter. Note that Compaq OS/2 v1.21 will install the 8514 driver correctly right out of the box. I would assume that this is true for other vendors' versions of OS/2 as well. Hope this helps. Rob Kiesler Compaq Computer "Is that a real poncho, or is that a Sears(TM) poncho?" - FZ
robk@cpqhou.uucp (Rob Kiesler) (01/18/91)
in article <248.279429fd@mbcl.rutgers.edu>, goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu says: > > In article <6578@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>, rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes: >> Does anyone successfully use the WD/Paradise 8514/A Plus card in an >> ISA-Bus machine with OS/2 ? >> >> I got such a card and although it works well with Windows 3.0 it does >> NOT work with OS/2 (IBM 1.2) until now. It has the memory upgrad to 1MB >> installed which is required for OS/2. >> > > There are directions (already posted in this newsgroup) from Western > Digital on how to install the Paradise 8514/A card and use it with OS/2 1.2. > Similar information is also contained in the IBM OS/2 1.2 manual; it's a > question of unpacking the right device driver, and then naming it > DISPLAY.DLL, and then modifying config.sys. > You also need to unpack BVH8514A.DLL and place it in your LIBPATH, as well as modifying the BVH statements in your CONFIG.SYS to use it. Rob Kiesler Compaq Computer "Is that a real poncho, or is that a Sears(TM) poncho?" - FZ
rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (01/19/91)
I forgot to mention in my first article, that I have the WD instructions for OS/2 for the 8514/A Plus and that I followed them carefully but the card/driver doesn't work (although it works under DOS&Windows). I have the memory upgrade installed and use IBM OS/2 1.2. I have already tried to remove all additional hardware (modem card, hercules mono card, tape adapter) but nothing solved the problem. After installing all DLL's and SETtings in CONFIG.SYS, when I reboot, the machine hangs just before it should display the PM screen the first time. Currently, I have no idea what could be wrong, therefore I was asking ... Kai Uwe Rommel -- /* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */ DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams (MS)
rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (01/20/91)
The reason for the reported problems was the display I used. It was a gray-shade multisync display (TVM MG-11) because my new display is already ordered but I do not yet have it. Although the MG-11 is capable of 1024x768 interlaced, it seems that it has wrong ID bits set which prevent the OS/2 driver from working. I have now borrowed an Eizo/Nanao 9080i display (the same which I will get soon) and the Paradise 8514/A now works (noninterlaced, 70Hz, of course, it's really fine). I have also patched the ibm8514.dll for 32x32 icons instead of 64x64 icons which are far too big for a 16" display. But I have two questions now: 1. The VioGetConfig() call now returns the values 7 for the video card type and 9 for the display type but only values of up to 4 for the video card and 5 for the display are documented. Does anyone know what all the other values mean ? 2. Is it correct that CodeView cannot display the debug screen on the VGA (with a second multisync display) while running the debugged program on the 8514/A ? Do I still have to debug with a mono card and a TTL display (which still works) ? The CodeView for Windows *can* debug with 8514 & VGA with the option /8 and I would like to know if this is possible under OS/2 too. Thanks in advance, Kai Uwe Rommel -- /* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */ DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams (MS)