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Article #8127Re: Info on EGA used in PC XT
From: Stayton D Addison Jr
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1986 14:00
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1986 14:00
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In article <1359@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> preese@lapis.berkeley.edu (Phil Reese) writes:
> ...
> How to set it up an EGA in a conventional PC XT?
>I've plugged it in and the diagnostics say that it is there, programs
>see it and are able to use it but at boot I receive a long beep
>followed by 2 short beeps and then the normal boot process. Is there a
> ...
I've gotten to that state when another board was interfering with the
memory of the EGA. The EGA uses A0000 through BFFFF for display memory,
and C0000 through C3FFF for ROM. If you've got any "unusual" boards in
your system, take them out and see if the problem goes away.
-- Skip Addison
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