[Oberon] Help: Display Init Strings for Native Oberon

[Treutwein Bernhard]

Thanks a lot to Jan & Jörg.

The display init string turned out to be a dead end. Init initializes
(as Jörg notes) the resoltution by setting the Vesa mode, which was
in my case: bb0301b8024fcd40ba00e0b90000. 

I have setup this box about 10 years ago or more and I have lost my notes.

HDT tells me that I have three 1280x1024 modes, i.e. 794 which is 
16bit and 775 which is 8bit and 774 supposed to be 4bit.
The problem turned out to be solvable with changing a BIOS setting.

Regards
--
  Bernhard

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jörg [mailto:joerg.straube at iaeth.ch]
>Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 11:14 PM
>To: ETH Oberon and related systems
>Subject: Re: [Oberon] Help: Display Init Strings for Native Oberon
>
>Bernhard
>
>Here some explanations of some demo init string values
>
>Init=„bb0501b8024fcd10“
>  bb 0501  BL = 05, BH = 01  (VESA Modus 105H = 1024 x768 x 8)
>  b8 024f   AL = 02, AH = 4F  (activate VESA mode)
>  cd 10      INT 10H
>
>Init=„b81200cd10bb003fb80110cd10“
>  b8 1200  AL = 12, AH = 00 (set 640 x 480 x 4)
>  cd 10      INT 10H
>  bb 003f   BL = 00, BH = 3F (color 3FH)
>  b8 0110  AL = 01, AH = 10 (set border color)
>  cd 10      INT 10H
>
>Jörg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
>Treutwein Bernhard
>Sent: Freitag, 16. Juni 2017 15:42
>To: 'Oberon Mailing List ETH (oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch)'
><oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch>
>Subject: [Oberon] Help: Display Init Strings for Native Oberon
>
>Does anybody remember how to create display Init Strings for Native
>Oberon?
>
>Background: I recently dumped my old CRT and replaced it with a TFT, my
>old
>NO installation switches the S3 Trio display via an Init string to 90 Hz
>refresh
>Rate, which the TFT does not understand.
>
>Although I remember, how to set the boot variables temprarily (see also:
>http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/native/WebConfig.html) I do not remember
>how to create these crude Init strings.
>
>regards
>--
>  Bernhard
>
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