Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ukma!rutgers!netsys!vector!rpp386!jfh
From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Problems with Paradise VGA
Summary: Is it a ``real'' display adapter???
Message-ID: <13593@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 12 Mar 89 16:20:56 GMT
References: <9031@alice.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II)
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Organization: River Parishes Programming, Dallas TX
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In article <9031@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes:
>I have trouble getting an Everex Step 386/25 to work with AT&T System V-3.2.
>I have a Paradise VGA 16 card which works very well under miserable dos,
>but when I boot Unix the screen goes blank and remains black all the time.
>I can actually log on and perform a shutdown. I can also activate Simultask,
>which displays some garbage in a CGA-like mode. Upon exit from Simultask
>the system hangs.

I've been told that you have to have a ``register compatible'' display
adapter for it to work under most of the non-Messy-DOS OS's.

I had similiar problems using a ATI EGA Wonder display adapter.  From
what I was told, DOS uses the BIOS on the card to emulate a real EGA
board.  Your UNIX probably knows nothing 'bout no steekin' BIOS ...

>Has anyone else seen this problem? Has anyone resolved it?

I sold mine for $50.  Obviously I never resolved the problem and
am now stuck with miserable hercules mode :-(

>Any suggestions highly appreciated.

Buy another PeeCee?
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