> > > When reading post on fixed frequency monitor, I was wondering if it > > > could be worth to have a "bios configurator" ? > > > > > > You know, like scsi card. Thus, No live-cd, no os to boot in order to > > > configure the fixed frequency desired. Just plug in a x86 and use bios > > > screens to configure the card. > > > > Huh? A "bios configurator" that is like a scsi card? You plug a x86 > > into it? I have no clue what you are talking about. > > On x86, at boot, you can configure some hardware by pressing the del key > (typically, but it may be another key). > When you plug an scsi card in the computer, at boot, you have a small > message saying "press this key to configure scsi". If you press this > key, you have a nice menu to configure your scsi card.
If I understand you correctly (and maybe I still don't), you are suggesting that there could be some firmware on the OGC card that would run on a x86 CPU. Somehow the mainboard's firmware would execute the OGC's firmware. The OGC's firmware would allow the user to set the video mode. This would require prom space on the OGC card. Probably not a problem unless it happens to increase the image size enough that it no longer fits on the prom. The bigger issue is that this would require access to a x86 machine with an available PCI-X slot and an already working console display. So it isn't a complete solution, but might be useful in combination with rs-232, live-cd, tv, etc, to provide a very nearly complete solution. > (I hope my english is not that bad ;) Your English is fine. I have never needed to configure anything on a SCSI card, only on SCSI drives. I haven't used machines with a pee-cee bios style firmware much, and have never needed to configure an expansion card from firmware. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
