[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the first place, my fixed-frequency monitor didn't come from a
dumpster. It came with my Unix workstation, and it cost a fortune.
It runs fine after 15 years, and produces a razor-sharp image, so I
have no intention of giving it up. In the second place, it does run
with a board from si87.com, and under Linux, not MS.
Actually, this isn't about Linux or MS. Linux would probably run you
monitor without a special video board. The problem is that your PC
MotherBoard's BIOS can't.
(Actually, one monitor is connected to the Unix machine, and the
backup monitor is on the Linux system.) In the third place, embedded
systems are part of the TRV10's target market. Some of them use
VGA-compatible desktop monitors, but not all of them by a long shot.
Maybe the stock OGC1 desktop graphics board doesn't need the ability
to power up in an arbitrary mode, but the TRV10 ASIC certainly needs
the hooks to do it, possibly with the help of external hardware.
Then the question is with how much hassle and how much lab equipment
to get it checked out and configured. But that's a discussion for
later.
This is mostly a software issue. The only hardware that is needed is a
NVRAM to store the X11 modeline on the board so that the boot part of
the Video BIOS can use it.
It would be helpful to know how your special video board works at boot
and the resolution of your monitor.
--
JRT
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