On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Brandon Macmillan wrote: > Ok. I just (like an hour ago) picked up a P4 private eye off a > buddy/geeky friend for $20!!!!!!!!!!!!! (this is a good deal right) Hey - If you get bored of it, I will buy it off YOU for $50. > Anyway the jist of it is. It has an ISA controler card and if i plug > it in and hook up the hmd it displaies nothing but garbage. this is on > my celeron 1100MHz desktop system. I fixed this by removing my video > card and just leaving the cga isa controler card. but after the ram > check it says "wrong video type press f1 to continue del to enter > setup" if i F1 past it it goes on like normal. I'm not shure what I > change in the bios to fix this error, but its not so important right > now. The important question is. when win98 loads it says (whal still > in dos) "can't find user.exe" then shuts down the computer! I dont > know why, maby somthing used by my video card???? Well, the P4 Driver card acts like a plain old CGA card. So it will work in DOS, but won't do graphics (as in windows) without a special driver. I have used the p4 driver for X windows that has been written, but as far as I know there is nothing for Windows. The BIOS is complaining because it expects the video to be something other than a CGA card. :) Anyway, the P4 card will also co-exist with another cga or hercules card (old) but nothing newer. You won't find stuff about the p4 on reflection tech's web page, I am afraid. :( Another list member has put up scans of the original development documents at http://www.eventhorizons.com/p4/p4.html . | Donald Papp, CNT, MCP | Internal Technical Manager | OA Internet Inc. |-- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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