#Compaq Problem w/Driver
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We have not been able to get the rendering driver for our Targa board to
work properly on our new Compaq 486/50mHz machine. I posed the problem to
the Sysop of the Compaq forum, who issued the following reply:
——————————-#: 5418 S8/Customer Service
09-Oct-92 14:28:17 Sb: #5290-486/50 & 3D Studio Fm: Larry Edington
[Sysop] 75300,3533 To: Rick Owens 70550,3426
Yes, we have discovered a problem with the Pharlap DOS extender and our 50
and 66M. Pharlap reads a cache status bit incorrectly and causes protected
mode drivers to fail. This will happen on any 2.6 version of the DOS
extender. This version is on Autodesk's current product line. We will
upload a SoftPaq file to correct this problem that works on any of the
Autodesk programs. Search the data library on Pharlap or Autodesk.
—————————–I understood half of what he said!). Are you guys at Autodesk aware of
this? If so, where can I get the file he mentions here and what should I
do with it once I obtain it ? Any help would be appreciated.o
3DSr2 comes with a program called OLDDX, which you can use to convert the
Phar Lap 2.6 version to 2.2. Have you tried that yet?
– G
You can download the file from the Compaq forum I put in the new uploads
library early this week.
OLDDX should do the trick also but will not give you the benefits of the
latest DOS extender.