XENIX 2.2 vs. VGA
Jim Morton
jim at applix.UUCP
Thu Sep 15 23:42:36 AEST 1988
In article <21670 at tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, mdf at tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) writes:
>
> I recently installed a VGA (ATI VIP board) in a system which had an
> EGA (BOCA) in it. It is/was running SCO XENIX 286 2.2 and it won't
> boot with the VGA card in it. Is there anything I can do to resolve
> this problem without going back to the EGA or upgrading my XENIX?
SCO Xenix 2.2.3 provides BOOT LEVEL VGA support, that is, it will boot
on a Compaq/Paradise compatible VGA card and run in
EGA mode. No VGA specific modes are supported. You may
be able to get an update to this release from SCO.
SCO Xenix 2.3.X provides boot and native graphics VGA support. From
Xenix, you can use screen(HW) ioctl()'s to put the
adapter in VGA graphics modes. Not sure about VP/ix
since I don't have it.
--
Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
UUCP: ...harvard!m2c!applix!jim
jim at applix.m2c.org
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