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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 10:07:55 -0400
From: jmk@plan9.att.com jmk@plan9.att.com
Subject: SPEA Mirage (was: Re: format for source diffs)
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	> The SPEA MirageP64 (2MB DRAM) has a:
	> - S3 86C716 SDAC RAMDAC and Clockchip (BIOS 4.xx)
	> - 20C498 or 21C498/ICS2595 Clockchip (BIOS 3.xx)
	> (according to the X11R6/XFree3.1.2 documents)

>>From vgadb(6):

     ADDING A NEW VGA CONTROLLER
          While the use of this database formalizes the steps needed
          to program a VGA controller, unless you are very lucky and
          all the important components on a new VGA controller card
          are interconnected in the same way as an existing entry,
          adding a new entry requires adding new internal types to
          vga(8).

          At a minimum you will need the data sheets for the VGA con-
          troller chip, the RAMDAC and the clock generator.  You will
          also need to know how these components interact.  For exam-
          ple, a common combination is an S3 86C928 VGA chip with an
          ICD2061A clock generator. The ICD2061A is usually loaded by
          clocking a serial bit-stream out of one of the 86C928 regis-
          ters.  Similarly, the RAMDAC may have an internal clock-
          doubler and/or pixel-multiplexing modes, in which case both
          the clock generator and VGA chip must be programmed accord-
          ingly.

Neither of the SPEA Mirage variants above is completely described by the 
current aux/vga and database. I don't have a datasheet for the 86C716 but
that would likely be the more stable of the to two try programming, there's
obviously less room for maneuver connecting 2 chips together compared to
3 using the 21C498+ICS2595 combination. However, the 21C498 is already
handled by aux/vga and the 2595 looks straightforward from the datasheet
(although it's programmable, it has a default table which might suffice).