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[Robert Steinmetz <rob AT steinmetznet.com>]

Sindi Keesan wrote:

> The attached zip file contains 44K univesa.exe and a small univesa.txt
> which lists the supported cards.  I think you had Chips and Technologies.  
> It supports C and T 82c451/452/453.  If so, in DOS, type univesa (enter)  
> to load the 9K TSR VESA driver for any cards listed, which might at least
> get you 256 colors in DOS if not higher resolution.  I have no idea
> whether this will help in linux if you first boot into DOS and load 
> univesa.  Good luck.  At least it might let you use DOS graphical 
> programs.  Let us know if it helps.
>
> SciTech has a much larger universal vesa drier (univbe51.*?) which might 
> work if this does not.  It is not free.  
>
> If you like, I can check whether SVGAlib supports your video chip (remind 
> me what it is).  If so, you can run links2 in SVGAlib mode as a graphical 
> browser, in BL2 (for which there are precompiled versions).  
>
> Sindi Keesan
>  
I checked the specification and the machine has;
the Chips and Technologies 65550 with 1 MB of video memory.