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From: pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: VP/ix and the Everex Viewpoint VGA card
Message-ID: <167@kumr.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 90 18:10:08 GMT
Reply-To: pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
Organization: Late Night Software (San Francisco)
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PROBLEM:
   VP/ix doesn't work with an Everex Viewpoint VGA card (512K and bios 1.06),
card as in the regular installation that comes with VP/ix. 

SOLUTION:
   Rename /usr/vpix/defaults/romvga to something else like 
/usr/vpix/defaults/romvga.old.  VP/ix doesn't find it's VGA bios image
and seems to bring up the VGA bios on startup of VP/ix.

BUGS:
   VP/ix will beep for 30 seconds and ask the user (at the console) to
hit the 'F1' key to continue.  I haven't tried it from dialin.

   After I changed the name of the file, I ran MicroSoft's Flight 
Simulator and it came up in VGA mode.  A little slower than if I just
brought up Plain 'Ol Dos... Oh well...

                       Tim


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