Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 94 16:59:56 -0600
From:	Clifford T. Matthews <iclone!ctm AT cs DOT unm DOT edu>
To:	cfa.harvard.edu!babcock AT cs DOT unm DOT edu
Subject:	Re: "S3 86C911" driver?
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

Hi Folks,

Thanks to DJ's and Bob's e-mail, I *think* I know what's going on.  Our  
documentation mentions "S3 86C911", but our BIOS mentions "S3 86C801/86C805".   
I picked up the univbe program that Bob suggested and tried it out -- same  
type of death occurred.  I then looked in the "Bugs" document that came with  
univbe and the authoer mentions that some instances of the 86C801/86C805 have  
severe problems.  I would guess that we have a set with bad problems.

Since we're planning on getting a bunch of other machines, our only concern is  
how many broken S3 86C801/86C805 video cards are out there, and what to do  
when one of our customers has one, but that's certainly not a DJGPP concern.

THANKS.

	--Cliff
	ctm AT ardi DOT com [sorry for not supplying an e-mail address last time]

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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 17:47:27 EDT
From: mimbres!cfa0.harvard.edu!peprbv (Bob Babcock)
To: iclone!ctm AT cs DOT unm DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
In-Reply-To: <9406172046 DOT AA01894 AT iclone> (iclone!ctm AT cs DOT unm DOT edu)
Subject: Re: "S3 86C911" driver?
Reply-To: mimbres!cfa.harvard.edu!babcock

> Executor/DOS-color doesn't work on *our* system.

One thing you might try is loading the univbe VESA tsr and then using a VESA
driver.  I find this necessary to use the (djgpp) program DISPLAY under DPMI,
even though my card is supposed to support VESA directly.  (My card is based
on a completely different chipset.  I don't know anything about your card.)
Univbe is shareware.  You can get it from oak.oakland.edu,
pub/msdos/graphics/univbe43.zip.

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