Device Driver Needed - Compaq Portable 386, Dual Mode Plasma Display
Eric Kennedy
eric at scubed.UUCP
Tue Feb 21 10:30:25 AEST 1989
We have recently purchased a Compaq Portable 386/20 computer
and installed SCO Xenix 2.3. The computer has a dual mode display
which is capable of looking like either a monochrome display or a CGA
display. In addition to the normal monochrome and CGA display modes
the display also supports a 640x400 graphics mode which is not a
standard CGA mode. After some poking around I found the MODESWITCH
ioctl and hoped that setting the mode to 64 or 74 would do the trick.
It did not, I assume that the device driver includes code which only
allows certain modes to be activated. I would guess that if we had
access to the source code for the CGA driver or a similar driver that
the changes necessary for access to this additional functionality
would be easily implemented. Before we write a driver from scratch I
wanted to see if anyone has already written this device driver (or a
similar one). If you have I would greatly appreciate hearing from
you. Thanks!
Sincerely,
eric at scubed.arpa
Eric Kennedy
S-CUBED
3398 Carmel Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92121
(619) 453-0060
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