Paradise VGA longshot - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

27 Jan 2007

have you plugged it into an 8-bit slot yet? I was
under the impression neither settings nor s/w was
required to be used as such. I guess I could be
mistaken tho
--- cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
<trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
...
  I know this is a longshot, but I'm looking for the
settings of all five 
...
  DIP switches on a Paradise VGA card from 1990.  It
has two strings on 
...
  the board, either of which could be the make/model:

 PWBA 4316 0134-000
 or
 PW800 VGA

 I'm assuming it's a paradise card, because the actual chip on it is from 
...
  Western Digital Corp. (a WD90C11-LR) and Paradise
used them nearly 
...
  exclusively.

 The reason I'm asking is because I'm looking for an 8-bit ISA VGA card, 
...
  and while this card is 16-bit, some of them could be
DIP-switched to run 
...
  in an 8-bit slot.

 There are five DIP switches on the backplate.  No, I am not going to 
...
  plug it into my 5160 and power cycle it 32 times to
go hunting for 
...
  something that works :)
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