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From: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 8514/A & ISA-Bus (solved)
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Date: 19 Jan 91 21:14:17 GMT
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Reply-To: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Organization: Inst. fuer Informatik, TU Muenchen, Germany
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The reason for the reported problems was the display I used. It was a
gray-shade multisync display (TVM MG-11) because my new display is
already ordered but I do not yet have it. Although the MG-11 is capable
of 1024x768 interlaced, it seems that it has wrong ID bits set which
prevent the OS/2 driver from working.

I have now borrowed an Eizo/Nanao 9080i display (the same which I will
get soon) and the Paradise 8514/A now works (noninterlaced, 70Hz, of
course, it's really fine).

I have also patched the ibm8514.dll for 32x32 icons instead of 64x64
icons which are far too big for a 16" display. But I have two questions
now:

1. The VioGetConfig() call now returns the values 7 for the video card
   type and 9 for the display type but only values of up to 4 for the
   video card and 5 for the display are documented. Does anyone know
   what all the other values mean ?

2. Is it correct that CodeView cannot display the debug screen on the
   VGA (with a second multisync display) while running the debugged
   program on the 8514/A ? Do I still have to debug with a mono card and
   a TTL display (which still works) ? The CodeView for Windows *can*
   debug with 8514 & VGA with the option /8 and I would like to know if
   this is possible under OS/2 too.

Thanks in advance,
Kai Uwe Rommel

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