WD8013 & SCO UNIX

[Brad Willcott]

mikes at iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) writes:

>I've just discovered that the WD8013 in my SCO UNIX (ODT 1.0, actually)
>works well - when I don't use the graphics features of my VGA plasma
>display.  Running an X display causes all non-X displays to vanish,
>although the keyboard works (at least long enough to shut down the system).

>It looks like the WD & the VGA board are conflicing, as SCO says they may
>do in the release notes.  I've not tried changing parameters (yet); I was
>using INT 2, IO 280, 16K RAM at D0000.

If possible, switch your VGA board to "8 bit" mode, and try using:
	INT 5, I/O 2a0 & address DC000.

>On the other hand, I used a WD8003EBT with an 8-bit Paradise clone under
>XENIX 2.3.2 for quite a while (although never with X11).

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