Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:31:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: Joseph Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Re: EDIT (and cirrus logic cards)
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On Fri, 9 May 1997, Joseph Morris wrote:

> >>>> Also, can someone please fix the newui so that it doesn't blow
> >>>> you to Kingdom Come on Cirrus Logic video cards.
> >>>
> >>> Hmmm.  I'm using a Cirrus Logic video board with no problems as
> >>> are 4 other people that I know.  OD's new UI works fine.  Perhaps
> >>> it is your setup.
> >> 
> >> I should be among those four, wether I am or not! I have a CL, and
> >> the OpenDOS UI works fine for me!
> >
> >Ok, you are 5.  I've ran into 2 others as well, so that is 7.
> 
> Look, instead of arguing about this, let's try and do something
> constructive.

What???  Arguing???  You've read the thread TOTALLY wrong!  I was
providing stats of who I know that HAS a CL card so that we could
measure the extent of incompatibility.  I *WAS NOT* saying that
ALL Cirrus boards work.  Please get it straight - there is no
argument here.  To solve whatever problem it is, you need
feedback, both from people who have something working, AND those
that don't.  In this case, I'm providing the feedback of what IS
working.

> It happens.  It happens to some people and not others.
> Maybe we could gather a list of CL chips which people are using
> successfully and unsuccessfully.

Works on: 5430, 5434, 5426, 5436 (peoples cards that I've seen it
working on.  Mine is a 5430.
 
> If Gene is listening, perhaps he could tell us what the newui
> does that might be unstable, so we could try some experiments
> to isolate the problem.

Probably the video mode.  Looks like it uses a funny scanline
mode or something.
 
> HINT: newui is automatically disabled under windows, so presumably
> the offending technique always breaks down then.

It is simple to disable the UI for now.

> Mine is a 5436 PCI, that other fellow's was a 5446, I think.
> Both these apparently fail.

Well, I've got a friend with a 5436 that it works on.

> Can you try and find out what the graphics processors in the
> 7 lucky cards are?

See above.


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