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From: umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson)
Subject: Lantastic memory conflicts
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.030639.6996@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 03:06:39 GMT
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I'm having a strange problem getting Lantastic to work in some machines with
ATI Basic-16 VGA cards.  We're using the WD8013EP boards.  Everything works
fine in 8 bit mode<generally>, but since we have 16 bit cards, we'd prefer to 
use that mode.  16 bit mode works fine in one SX machine using the NEAT
chipset and AMI bios, but doesn't in another using an Award BIOS.  
It works fine in one 386 DX using discretes<ie, not a chipset> but not
in another using discretes<of a slightly different design>.
All machines work fine in 16 bit mode using herc video.
In other words, 16 bit mode works in some machines, but not in others
using the ATI Basic-16 VGA card.  Can anyone explain why?  I've tried
several IOBASES and RAMBASES.  All with pretty much the same result,
crashes.
  
Also, what type of boot ROM do I need with the 8013EP boards to boot
Lantastic with over the network?

Thanks,
Charles