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From: jmayn...@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: 32-bit Trident 800x600x256 drivers trap D starting WinOS2
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I picked up a Trident 8900C with a meg of memory over the weekend. ($32 at the
Dallas Sidewalk Sale. Eat your hearts out. :-) I installed it on my system,
and then added the 800x600x256 32-bit drivers after verifying that the board
works. Having 256 colors is nice, but having my system quit running Windows
programs isn't: I get a Trap 000D when starting a Windows app in either
seamless mode or full-screen mode.
Any ideas out there? I can't watch TV now... (My main Windows app is the
control program for my TV board, a 50/50 Microsystems PC/TV.)
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From: kbeal@amber (Ken Beal)
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Subject: Re: 32-bit Trident 800x600x256 drivers trap D starting WinOS2
Date: 9 Mar 1993 17:51:00 GMT
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Jay Maynard (jmayn...@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
: I picked up a Trident 8900C with a meg of memory over the weekend. ($32 at the
: Dallas Sidewalk Sale. Eat your hearts out. :-) I installed it on my system,
: and then added the 800x600x256 32-bit drivers after verifying that the board
: works. Having 256 colors is nice, but having my system quit running Windows
: programs isn't: I get a Trap 000D when starting a Windows app in either
: seamless mode or full-screen mode.
I downloaded the beta this past weekend (good timing, too; they just
removed it!), and had similar problems. Apparently, the Trident
800x600x256 32-bit drivers won't work with 2.1 beta (December). I
threw some old Trident 800x600x16 drivers up, and it works now (but
it's a lot slower than 2.0 was; probably because it's a beta?).
If anyone has the Trident 800x600x256 32-bit drivers working, let me
know!
Good beta: it has about 2 MB more free mem when I boot (but the
program only reports largest contiguous free mem block, so it could
just be putting some discontiguous mem together; whatever, it >looks<
better :-) ). Also, (my reason for getting it this past weekend): the
new tax software I bought will run (it wouldn't under 2.0 as it
required Win 3.1).
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From: jmayn...@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: Re: 32-bit Trident 800x600x256 drivers trap D starting WinOS2
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In article <1nile4INN...@travis.csd.harris.com> kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) writes:
>Apparently, the Trident
>800x600x256 32-bit drivers won't work with 2.1 beta (December).
Two notes:
1) It's a trap 000E, not 000D as I first reported. (Duh.)
2) I'm running 2.0 GA+SP.
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From: kbeal@amber (Ken Beal)
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Subject: Re: 32-bit Trident 800x600x256 drivers trap D starting WinOS2
Date: 10 Mar 1993 17:57:32 GMT
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Jay Maynard (jmayn...@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
: In article <1nile4INN...@travis.csd.harris.com> kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) writes:
: >Apparently, the Trident
: >800x600x256 32-bit drivers won't work with 2.1 beta (December).
: Two notes:
: 1) It's a trap 000E, not 000D as I first reported. (Duh.)
: 2) I'm running 2.0 GA+SP.
Hmm. Well, I was getting trap 000d myself. And last night I tried
putting MMPM/2 beta on, and it went through the whole install and at
the >last< point, trapped (000d again). I tried again, it trapped
again.
So I thought maybe it was installed enough; no luck. The programs
don't recognize my SoundBlaster. I bought it a year and a half ago;
might it be a BIOS problem? Should I contact the SoundBlaster people?
(It's not a Pro, just SB, on IRQ 5, addr 220.)
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"Street person my responsibility." - Indigo Girls | Better yourself.
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From: jmayn...@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Maynard)
Subject: SOLVED: Re: 32-bit Trident drivers trap E starting WinOS2
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I've fixed my problem, mostly...I grabbed the latest driver package from
ftp-os2, and noticed that VSVGA.SYS had been updated. I put it on my system,
and the problem went away.
Now, I lose sync when starting a full-screen WinOS2 session, but since my
Windows apps run seamlessly, that's not a big deal for me. A fix would be
nice, but it's something I'll probably never use.
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Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmayn...@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
You won't see this on TV: (video of Mount Carmel compound)
"This is David Koresh, of Waco, Texas. He cannot be seen."