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

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From: Ethan M Connor
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 16:24

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Excerpts from netnews.alt.games.descent: 27-Mar-95 DEVIL editor won't
work wit.. by daly sean@uxa.cso.uiuc.e 
> 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

You need to load a bios extension like univesa.com with cirrus video
cards to giive them vull Vesa 1.2 compatibility...  That is why DEVIL
won't run...

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From: Ethan M Connor <ec...@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 11:24:49 -0500
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