Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bigsur!bigsur!andrzej
From: andrzej@bigsur.UUCP (Andrzej Bieszczad)
Subject: Re: ATI VGA Wonder Questions
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.175846.6756@bigsur.uucp>
Keywords: ATI, VGA, VGAWonder 256
Sender: news@bigsur.uucp
Reply-To: andrzej@bigsur.UUCP (Andrzej Bieszczad)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
References:  <1991Jun24.185528.6860@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 91 17:58:46 GMT

In article <1991Jun24.185528.6860@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>, seshan@scutum.ece.cmu.edu (Natarajan Seshan) writes:
|> I own an ATI VGA Wonder (NOT VGA Wonder +) with BIOS V3-1.04A with
|>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> 512 K.  I am running a 386-25 clone with 2Meg RAM.
|> 
|> In programs other than win3.0 it will run in 800x600x256 and 1024x768x16
|> modes.  However, I have tried installing the appropriate drivers from
|> cica and it won't run in these modes from win 3.0.  Windows simply
|> crashes after the startup screen.  I have tried both windows setup
|> and manual instillation.  Neither works.  I have also tried reinstalling
|> all of windows from scratch and choosing a OEM display option.
|> This causes the system to place a load of ega.sys in config.sys.
|> Loading ega.sys for some reason causes my machine not to hang
|> indefinately on booting!
|> 
|> The questions:
|> 
|> 1.  Can the ATI VGA wonder (NOT +) 512K run 800x600x256 or 1024x768x16?
|>     If so:
|>             -What is the sequence of driver loading in config.sys?
|>             -WHere did you get the appropriate driver?
|>             -What does the installation look like in the .ini files?
|>      If not:
|>             -Is there anyway of upgrading my VGA wonder so it can?
|>      
|> 2.  Does anyone have an idea why my machine might not boot with ega.sys?
|> 
|> Thanks in advance for your help.  
|> 
|> -Nat Seshan

1. Yes, it can. (I have 8MB of RAM, but the rest is the same as yours).

2. No idea.

You may want to try WINRES program from cica.cica which launches Windows
in any resolution.

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