Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!enea!tut!santra!hsu
From: hsu@santra.UUCP (Heikki Suonsivu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: VGA with Microport?
Message-ID: <11520@santra.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 88 07:11:47 GMT
References: <4327@b-tech.UUCP>
Reply-To: hsu@santra.UUCP (Heikki Suonsivu)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Lines: 8
Keywords: EGA VGA kaboom doesn't boot
Summary: Also fails on Olivetti EGA

In article <4327@b-tech.UUCP> zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>Even though Microport said it does, it appears that uport '286 Unix does
>not work with the IBM VGA adapter.

Neither does it work on Olivetti M28 EGA, bios 2.12. When booting from
disks, screen flashes and the machine is hung. Older versions of
Olivetti M28 with Olivetti own display controller and older roms it
worked fine.