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From: fredei@microsoft.UUCP (Fred Einstein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows/386 and 8514?
Summary: Try the jumper...
Message-ID: <6252@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jul 89 19:13:01 GMT
References: <246400016@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <8795@chinet.chi.il.us> <20201@cup.portal.com>
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	There is a jumper on one of the two 8514/A sandwich boards which
you must change in order to run with the 1 meg memory option.  Also, if
Businessland needs to fix your 8514/A card or test it, they can do so
with any NEC MultiSync 2 monitor (yes folks, it does work, even though
it's not "officially" spec'd for it).  I have never had any trouble with 
the 8514/A.  To run Windows (or Windows/386), you do not need to run HDILOAD.EXEIn fact, it is somewhat wasteful to do so since it's a 16K terminate and 
stay resident program.



In article <20201@cup.portal.com>, jxh@cup.portal.com (Jim - Hickstein) writes:
> For what it's worth, I tried to run Win386 on my PS-2/80 with an 8514/A
> (note the /A: that's the board) and an 8514 (that's the monitor), but
> ran into difficulty.  I got an 8514/A driver for Win386 alright, but it
> DEMANDED the OPTIONAL EXTRA-COST memory chip set that endows the
> 8514/A with 8 bits per pixel.  [I thought I was all screamed-out from
> the first time I launched this tirade a few months ago: evidently not :-)]
> *sigh*  I bought it.  Not too bad, only
> about 300 bucks.  THEN: it didn't work.  The base board evidently had a
> fault that didn't show up until I tried to install the option memory; I'm
> still trying to get None-Of-Your_Businessland to fix it without taking
> down my entire development environment for a week during a major project.