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[Robert Steinmetz <rob AT steinmetznet.com>]

Sindi Keesan wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, James Miller wrote:
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> > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Robert Steinmetz wrote:
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> >    
> >
> > > Sindi Keesan wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > 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).
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > I checked the specification and the machine has;
> > > the Chips and Technologies 65550 with 1 MB of video memory.
> > >      
>
> This is supported by SVGAlib, which is used by links2 (graphical browser) 
> and zgv (viewer) and seejpeg, and bmv postscript viewer and some games 
> like doom and quake.
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Based on the suggestions here I got BL3 to work on my Toshiba, it was a 
panning video driver which was messing with the video hardware. Simply 
'rem'ing it out solved the problem since I don't use it in Windows 
that's OK with me..

I'm now on to an old AST notebook with a cirrus logic chipset and 
Windows 98. It doesn't seem to want to work, all I get is a black screen 
at startx.

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Robert Steinmetz
Principal
Steinmetz & Associates