tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) (05/24/91)
Ok .. two questions for you VPIX guru's. 1) I need to run "Brooklyn Bridge" or a similar product under VPIX, is there a way to add one of the lpt ports as a dda so that the dos program can get to the lpt hardware ?? I realize that that will take it away from unix. 2) Can anyone confirm that the VPIX upgrade will allow the use of the hi res modes of a SVGA card (Video Seven VRAM) in vpix ?? The theory is that if you remove vga.rom it will load the rom from the card and then you can set any mode you want .. is this true ???? Thanks! -- ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======= = "I know how you feel, you don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me - = = --- I get a lot of that." Madonna as Breathless Mahoney (Dick Tracy) = =========== Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 =================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by anybody. = = Unix is (tm) AT&T, Amiga is (tm) Commodore Business Machines, and all = = characters from Dick Tracy are (tm) Warner Bros. = ===========================================================================
john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) (05/27/91)
In article <1639@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes: >is there a way to add one of the lpt ports as a dda Comment out the appropriate PLEL[12] entry from /usr/vpix/etc/vpixdevs. Then you can add the LPT port as a DDA. Don't specify an IRQ when adding the DDA. > The theory is that if you remove vga.rom it will load the rom from the > card and then you can set any mode you want .. is this true ???? It works on some cards, but I think others have problems. -- John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)
nlane@well.sf.ca.us (Nathan D. Lane) (05/30/91)
In article <#M3+PGM@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes: >> The theory is that if you remove vga.rom it will load the rom from the >> card and then you can set any mode you want .. is this true ???? > >It works on some cards, but I think others have problems. >-- >John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john) My additional problem in this story about removing commenting from vga.rom - it doesn't work right! When I comment out vga.rom, VP/ix boots and then tries to boot my SCSI bios instead of the VGA bios! It may boot the VGA, but then I guess VP/ix goes and looks for anymore BIOS's it can boot and finds my SCSI. It dies after that. (So bad I have to reboot Unix - via a cold reset - fsck doesn't like that at all!) Is there a way to config VP/ix to look ONLY for the VGA bios and not any additional BIOS in the system? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Lane nlane@well.sf.ca.us Digital Technology Service (805) 683-3760 5370 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara, CA But I *am* the reseller...click Authorized Esix, Real World Accounting Reseller