From: faith@cs.unc.edu (Rik Faith) Subject: ATI VGA WONDER driver for x386 Date: 14 Jul 1992 15:45:16 GMT
It appears that people keep discussing the ATI VGA WONDER card as a
potential target for x386/Linux. However, unless I missed some messages
while I was on vacation last week, it also appears that no one has started
working on this.
Therefore, unless someone lets me know they are working on this driver, I
will start work on 1 August 1992. I will have a beta available asap after
that. My initial plan is to port the X11R4 x386 1.1b ATI VGA WONDER driver
that was supplied by Doug Evans (dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca).
I will need beta testers, and to help avoid confusion I am supplying a list
of boards which will likely be supported and a list of those which will
*not* be supported. The BIOS version should be visible at boot time. The
dot clock and chip version numbers are usually printed on the chips on the
circuit board. If you have a board that is on the *UN*supported list, please
do not send me mail about it. I don't know anything about these boards and
won't be able to help you with them at all.
SUPPORTED BOARDS (Send mail if you want to be a beta tester):
Adapter Version Dot Clock Chip Version BIOS
VGA WONDER (1 MB) ATI 18810 ATI 28800-4 112xx109xx
VGA WONDER XL ATI 18810 ATI 28800-5 112xx122xx
NOTE: YOU *MUST* HAVE 1 MB OF RAM ON THE CARD!
Some VGA WONDER (1 MB) cards were sent with VGA WONDER+ manuals and
and addendum sheet: PLEASE USE THE BIOS VERSION to be sure that your
card will work with this driver.
UNSUPPORTED BOARDS (Please do *NOT* send me mail about these):
Adapter Version Dot Clock Chip Version BIOS
VGA INTEGRA ? ? ?
VGA WONDER V3 Oscillator ATI 18800 V3-1.xx
VGA WONDER V4 Oscillator ATI 18800-1 V4-1.xx
VGA WONDER V5 ATI 18810 ATI 18800-1 V5-1.xx
VGA WONDER+ (V6) ATI 18810 ATI 28800-2 112xx095xx
GRAPHICS ULTRA ? ? ?
8514/ULTRA ? ? ?
VANTAGE ? ? ?
-- Rik Faith: faith@cs.unc.edu