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From:	Kev <co273 AT freenet DOT buffalo DOT edu>
Subject:	Re: Allegro and S3 trio64*
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Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 1998 06:34:59 GMT
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> How great the Allegro! It's so cool. However, I can't run all example
> programs successfully on my machine. The programs setting the video mode
> by the function set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT,.... ) all failed. I then
> test these programs on another machine with an S3 trio64v2 (mine is trio64+).
> Now all programs can successfully execute, but occasionally they end abnormally.
> Isn't the trio64* family fully supported by Allegro?
> 
Hmmm...I have a Virge 325, a distant cousin of the Trio64V+...
I think you ran them under S3 Mode, right?
BAD idea...The S3 mode is used only for the 801/805/911/924 chipsets...
If you want no bugs, try it on VESA1 or if you wish, VESA2 Linear mode,
with a util called s3vbe20.

				:0kev

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