new subsject: Paradise VGA controller

[Henry Baragar henry@instantiated.on.ca]

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> Many thanks to all who gave help.  My next problem is adding the HP
> VGA Board (D1180A) to the vgadb.  It has a Paradise controller on it.
> 640x480x1 works fine, 640x480x8 results in the display wrapping into
> about six parts on the screen with a big black box in the middle.  (If
> anyone has already done this can they get it touch.)  Is there a way to
> leave the message telling me that the VGA card isn't in the database on
> the screen.  Alternatively, is there a way of regenerating the message
> once booted?
> 
I have a Compaq Elite laptop with a Paradise controller on it and experience
similar problems.  I would also be interested in seeing this chip supported.
I was considering writing a controller for the paradise chip as an exercise in
learning the Plan9 development environment, but I have just started a new job
that likely will not leave me much free time.  However, if everybody else is
busier than I am, then I will reconsider.

Henry (henry@instantiated.on.ca)
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