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From: seshan@scutum.ece.cmu.edu (Natarajan Seshan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: ATI VGA Wonder Questions
Summary: Can it do 800x600x256 or 1024x768x16
Keywords: ATI, VGA, VGAWonder 256
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.185528.6860@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
Date: 24 Jun 91 18:55:28 GMT
Sender: seshan@ece.cmu.edu
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Lines: 29

I own an ATI VGA Wonder (NOT VGA Wonder +) with BIOS V3-1.04A with
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512 K.  I am running a 386-25 clone with 2Meg RAM.

In programs other than win3.0 it will run in 800x600x256 and 1024x768x16
modes.  However, I have tried installing the appropriate drivers from
cica and it won't run in these modes from win 3.0.  Windows simply
crashes after the startup screen.  I have tried both windows setup
and manual instillation.  Neither works.  I have also tried reinstalling
all of windows from scratch and choosing a OEM display option.
This causes the system to place a load of ega.sys in config.sys.
Loading ega.sys for some reason causes my machine not to hang
indefinately on booting!

The questions:

1.  Can the ATI VGA wonder (NOT +) 512K run 800x600x256 or 1024x768x16?
    If so:
            -What is the sequence of driver loading in config.sys?
            -WHere did you get the appropriate driver?
            -What does the installation look like in the .ini files?
     If not:
            -Is there anyway of upgrading my VGA wonder so it can?
     
2.  Does anyone have an idea why my machine might not boot with ega.sys?

Thanks in advance for your help.  

-Nat Seshan