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Article #13082ATI VGA Wonder Questions
From: Natarajan Seshan
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 18:55
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 18:55
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I own an ATI VGA Wonder (NOT VGA Wonder +) with BIOS V3-1.04A with
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512 K. I am running a 386-25 clone with 2Meg RAM.
In programs other than win3.0 it will run in 800x600x256 and 1024x768x16
modes. However, I have tried installing the appropriate drivers from
cica and it won't run in these modes from win 3.0. Windows simply
crashes after the startup screen. I have tried both windows setup
and manual instillation. Neither works. I have also tried reinstalling
all of windows from scratch and choosing a OEM display option.
This causes the system to place a load of ega.sys in config.sys.
Loading ega.sys for some reason causes my machine not to hang
indefinately on booting!
The questions:
1. Can the ATI VGA wonder (NOT +) 512K run 800x600x256 or 1024x768x16?
If so:
-What is the sequence of driver loading in config.sys?
-WHere did you get the appropriate driver?
-What does the installation look like in the .ini files?
If not:
-Is there anyway of upgrading my VGA wonder so it can?
2. Does anyone have an idea why my machine might not boot with ega.sys?
Thanks in advance for your help.
-Nat Seshan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!galileo.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!scutum.ece.cmu.edu!seshan From: seshan@scutum.ece.cmu.edu (Natarajan Seshan) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: ATI VGA Wonder Questions Summary: Can it do 800x600x256 or 1024x768x16 Keywords: ATI, VGA, VGAWonder 256 Message-ID: <1991Jun24.185528.6860@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> Date: 24 Jun 91 18:55:28 GMT Sender: seshan@ece.cmu.edu Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon Lines: 29