Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!yale!spock!odicon!gaboon!stpstn!hsi!mlfarm!ron From: ron@mlfarm.uucp (Ronald Florence) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: VGA monochrome problems Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 90 07:43:05 GMT References: <3@jct.UUCP> Sender: ron@mlfarm.UUCP Organization: Maple Lawn Farm, Stonington, CT Lines: 25 In-reply-to: jct@jct.UUCP's message of 4 Feb 90 00:28:16 GMT In article <3@jct.UUCP> jct@jct.UUCP (John C. Tompkins) writes: I am running SCO UNIX 3.2 on a ATI VGA card and monochrome monitor I just got. I am having some problems I hope someone can help me with. BTW, I used to have a CGA and color monitor and didn't have any problems. Problem 1 - I thought I would be able to run the display in 43 line mode by using the vidi command and appropriate parameter. The only 43 line mode is for a EGA color monitor but I figured VGA will emulate EGA and what difference does color make to 43 lines? Well, it doesn't work under UNIX. It will go into 43 line mode under DOS. Does anyone have VGA running 43 line mode?, do I need a color monitor? SCO Xenix 2.3.2 does not support graphics or 43-line mode with monochrome VGA displays yet. I pointed this out to Louis Imershein at SCO in September of last year, and he has assured me that a fix is in the works, but he has given no timetable of when those of us who use monochrome VGA displays can expect to have graphics and the 43-line mode working. Perhaps if more of us remind SCO that we _need_ full use of our monochrome VGA console displays, they will speed up a fix. -- Ronald Florence ron@mlfarm.uu.net {yale,uunet}!hsi!mlfarm!ron