CompuServe Thread

#mach32 card and Vibrant

7 messages in this thread
#139136From: James J. BeyerDec 1, 1994 4:40 PM
To All, My new Pentium 90 just arrived and I'm having trouble configuring 3ds to use the Mach32 graphics card that it has in it. When I run "3ds vibcfg" and try to choose the ATI MACH 32 IT isn't listed. Why is that? Is the MACH 32 not supported? any ideas? Jim Beyer
#139197From: John K. JordanDec 1, 1994 9:31 PM
>>ATI MACH & Vibrant… Jim, I've got the same card in one of my machines. It is rendering now so I can't run vibcfg to verify, but looking across the net at my 3DS.SET file I see: MAIN-DISPLAY = VIBRANT VIBRANT-MAIN = 1707 ; 5163528 ATI Ultra XLR 1024×768 256 colors VIBRANT-MAIN-FONT = "VIBRANT14" MATERIAL-DISPLAY = VIBRANT VIBRANT-MATERIAL = 1711 ; 5163533 ATI Ultra XLR 640×480 16777216 colors VIBRANT-MATERIAL-FONT = "VIBRANT14" Is the Ultra XLR still on the vib menu? BTW, the card works well with 3DS in all modes, except that when (in a weak moment) I tried to run 3DS under Windows, it trashed the Windows screen. I never bothered to try to get that working. JKJ
#139297From: James J. BeyerDec 2, 1994 10:17 AM
John, Thanks for the help, I'll give it a whirl. Are you in Omaha? I thought I saw that in a thread some time ago. I'm located in Des Moines. Jimbo
#139601From: John K. JordanDec 3, 1994 8:08 PM
Omaha? No, I'm in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. That must have been some other scoundral. JKJ
#139279From: Jeffrey LererDec 2, 1994 9:36 AM
Jim, the Mach32 and 64 are listed in the Vibrant driver selections. You have to scroll back a bit to find them. I run the MAch 32 and all runs well with the exception of one minor glitch. I have to clear my card by rendering a blank screen at 320×200 so as not to get scrambled screens from other Graphics Apps once leaving 3-DS. Jonas and Nik were advised of this in detail many times… dating back to the first roll-out of R3. The bug continues. A friends, running identical system has a similar problem, but his work around is simply going to windows and back out to DOS and that clears his drivers. That does not work for me. Now I notice that someone else replying to you is using the Ultra XLR driver choice. If he is also using a Mach32, I might try that driver set to see what happens.
#139285From: James J. BeyerDec 2, 1994 10:13 AM
Jeffrey, Thanks for the info, I'll try both suggestions and see which works best! Jimbo
#139368From: Jeffrey LererDec 2, 1994 3:50 PM
FYI, I tried the other driver and it ran my card fine. However, the quirky bug continues and my workaround is now just routine.