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From: palowoda@megatest.UUCP (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Everex EVGA with SCO Xenix 2.2.3
Message-ID: <541@megatest.UUCP>
Date: 15 May 88 07:30:15 GMT
References: <1151@daisy.UUCP>
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
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in article <1151@daisy.UUCP>, david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter) says:
> 
> Anyone have similar problems, perhaps with some other
> brand of hardware?  Any ideas?  Am I missing some-
> thing?

 [In reference to Xenix and VGA]
 I tried the Vega VGA with 2.2.1 and it dosn't work. I resets the
 computer when it appearently about to display the configuration.

> 
> SCO has been helpful but their driver apparently has
> some device-specific peculiarities that DOS and the
> ROM BIOS do not.  A useful program for SCO to offer
> cheap or free would be one which would say "Yes this
> hardware is compatible" or "No, the following prob-
> lems exist:..."  This could prevent time wasting and
> stress.

  I coundn't agree more. I've been caught many times
  between a hardware and a software companys "who's doing what wrong",
  and the bottem line came out of my pocket. Better yet they can 
  write them and distribute them through public domain channels.

---Bob