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From: kevinr@sequent.UUCP (Kevin W. Rudd)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: VGA ROM images for SCO ODT - Any success stories?
Keywords: Orchid ProDesigner+
Message-ID: <38844@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jul 90 23:31:49 GMT
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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	Has anyone been successful in creating a DOS image off of their VGA
board ROMs?  I have tried both the Cardinal VGA600 and most recently the
Orchid ProDesigner+ with no success.  The Cardinal did not surprise me as it
was not even listed as "not supported, but reported to work" in the release
notes.  The ProDesigner on the other hand is a major disappointment to me.
It is one of the "supported" controllers and one of the few that their driver
will support in 1024x768x16 mode.  I had hoped that I could create a DOS image
off of its ROM in order to make use of the high res modes of this card with DOS
applications.

	When I try to create an image off of the card's ROM, it acts as if it
is working on it, displays the scrolling-color Orchid banner, and then dumps 
core giving some error message about the VM86 process dying.  I have tried all
sorts of combinations of jumper settings (ie. removing the NMI option, playing
with the 8bit vs. 16bit BIOS) and vmode/driver options (like vspeed, vmode /ni
vga, etc).  Nothing I do seems to make any difference.  This is not what I
expected from one of the "supported" cards.  Are there any tricks to getting
the Merge system to use the extended modes of the card?  I would like to make
use of the capabilities that I spent so much money on.

TIA

Kevin

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Kevin W. Rudd
Sequent Computer Systems
...sequent!kevinr