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From: campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: VGA under vpix 1.2 RE: the video bios
Keywords: vga vpix esix
Message-ID: <5003@thebes.Thalatta.COM>
Date: 16 Jul 90 14:58:14 GMT
References: <387@beagle.UUCP> <1290@tuewsd.win.tue.nl> <1941@jwt.UUCP>
Reply-To: campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell)
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
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In article <1941@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
:In article <1290@tuewsd.win.tue.nl> wsinpdb@lso.win.tue.nl (Paul de Bra) writes:
:>The trick for Simultask (also vpix but for AT&T unix) is to uncomment the
:>lines with EGAROM and VGAROM in the vpix.cnf file (in /usr/vpix/defaults).
:
:I tried a different trick which also worked.  I booted DOS from a
:floppy, went into DEBUG, dumped the VGA BIOS at C000:0000 (32 KB worth)
:to a file which I then placed in the UNIX file system.  Making VGAROM
:point to that file, instead of the default file, worked fine.  This was
:on a clone VGA unsupported by 386/ix 1.0.6, VP/ix 1.1.0.
:-- 
:John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)

There is a MUCH easier way to do this.  Comment out the ?gabio
lines in $HOME/vpix/vpix.cnv (put a ';' in the first character
position).  VP/IX will then use the on-board bios.

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