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From: rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: ET4000 in 16-bit Mode and 2 Screens
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.091918.17647@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
Date: 27 Jun 91 09:19:18 GMT
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In article <1133@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> press@venice.sedd.trw.com (Barry Press) writes:
>The following code will force a VGA board based on the Tseng Labs ET4000
>chip into 16-bit memory access mode.  Systems with a monochrome screen
>as well as the VGA (e.g., for use with CodeView for Windows) are normally
>shutdown to 8 bit memory access; this code restores full speed operation.

...deleted...

Well, some time ago I have written such a program too - about 20 bytes
in assembly code hacked in with DEBUG. This works well for the VGA. But
you should expect problems with your mono card. My Hercules clone after
this bus-witdh change of the VGA only works correctly, when accessed
only one byte at a time, not with word wide instructions. But CodeView
accesses it with word instructions :-((
You may have different experiences with other Hercules clone cards or
mother boards.

So, be warned ...

Kai Uwe Rommel

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