From: vernard@cc.gatech.edu (Vernard C. Martin) Subject: Re: Trident Card Woes Date: 28 Dec 1992 19:42:58 GMT
In article <725518847.AA27908@remote.halcyon.com> Bryant.Graham@f3.n292.z1.fidonet.org (Bryant Graham) writes:
>Edward,
> I join the choir in pleading for help with a TVGA card.
>
>
>I have:
>
> 386sx 20
> SyncMaster 3 monitor
> 2 IDE Seagate 100 meg H.D.
> Digicom Scout plus 14.4
> 3.5 & 5.25 F.D.
> 4 meg RAM <4 more on order>
>
> install older SLS 0.96 <full package>
> on a 32 meg partion on /dev/hd0/
I didn't think that the SLS package would fit on a 32 meg parition if you
included X and the GNU compiler.
Anyway,
If you have a Trident 8900B chipset then you can use the Xfree861.1 binaries
and get up to 800x655 in monochrome no problem. You can't do color at all.
This can't be fixed without hacking the X server as far as I can tell. Its a
limitation on way the chipset gives the source and destination bytes to the
server.
hope this helps.
Vernard
Vernard Martin (vernard@cc.gatech.edu) Georgia Tech College of Computing