Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!botter!ast
From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Problems with Jim Paradis' tty driver
Message-ID: <1828@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 15 Jan 88 14:33:17 GMT
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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I installed the new tty driver on a Zenith Z-248 (AT clone) using a Paradise
Systems Hi Res Graphics Card.  This board is compatible with IBM mono and
has a Hercules compatible mode.  When the system came up, a few lines
appeared, then blank lines, then more text, etc.  The cursor always
seemed to work.  The same binary ran perfectly on an XT with a cheap CGA
card except for some snow.  Standard MINIX runs perfectly on the Paradise
card.  I would definitely like to get the new tty driver fully debugged.

If any one has any observations, comments etc., please post them.  If you
have tried the new driver, please post your experience, describing the
hardware you used.  Maybe we can see some pattern.

Many people seem to have recently discovered the V1.2 does not work with
the EGA card.  I posted an improved driver that does software scrolling
for EGA cards some months ago.  Anyone who can't get it from the archive
can get it from me directly.  Hopefully the new driver will make this
version obsolete, but we are not there yet.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)