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Re: DEVIL editor won't work with my VESA - help.

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From: s... James R Cantrell
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 03:45
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: In article <3l70qc$g...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, dre...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu says...
: >
: >I am trying to use the DEVIL editor but every time I run it it stops its
: >initialization and says it can initialize my graphic display.  I have a VESA
: >system but I can't find the recommended 'vesa.com' command the docs say I
: >should try if this happens.  I have a Cirrus Logic SVGA card and none of the
: >disks it came with looks like a memory resident driver.  Any help would be
: >greatly appreciated.  L8R...Sean
: >
: >dre...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
: >

   I have a Cirrus Logic SVGA card too, it did the same thing, but I have a
VESA Super VGA driver called Univesa.  It can be found at:

ftp: oak.oakland.edu
path: /simtel/msdos/vga/uvesa42.zip

It doesn't cost anything to use and it works fine.


Good luck,
Joshua Cantrell
s...@crl.com
j...@rop.edu
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Date: 27 Mar 1995 19:45:05 -0800
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