setcolor(C) and VGA

[Jim Morton]

In article <4863 at cps3xx.UUCP>, usenet at cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
> Environment: 386/20 with Maxlogic VGA card (based on Cirrus chip set)
> 
> I can't seem to get color text to display with this combination. I'm
> using the setcolor(C) command as a test.... 
> Before anyone points at my VGA card and says incompatible, I have used
> this card under VP/ix and displayed color graphics fine.

  VP/ix is not an acid test for compatibility. Someone at the SCO Forum '89 
  remarked that setcolor(c) was the "Flight Simulator of Xenix" to test for 
  EGA/VGA compatibility, and everyone in the audience chuckled. Try to get 
  your hands on one of the "VGA Register Compatibility Test" diskettes that
  are floating around. The one I have is from Paradise. 
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Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
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