> =


>     6. I have some plain-VGA monitors lying around, and found that gett=
ing the

> 	multia to use them is problematic. In particular, the documentation

> 	for jumpers W3-W6 to set the SRM video mode is wrong. I found no

> 	correspondence whatsoever between what the multia service manual says

> 	and what my multia actually does. By trial and error I found a jumper

> 	setting that gives me ancient VGA -- but then I discovered that the

> 	imitation Sun console is only about 53x20 characters in that mode, so

> 	sysinst blows chunks. Is there any way to force VGA text mode on a

> 	multia?

Thats right, using an Idek MF8617 i 'measured' the Values of all settings=
 for =

the Multia



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         |              ||            |

         |             P||            |

         |             C|| A::C       |  The Jumper are a Block of 2x2

         |             I|| B::D       |  =


         |              ||            | Between the  Slot and the VRAM

         |                            |

         |                            |

         |--------                    |

         |       |                    |

         | CPU   |                    |

         |       |                    |

         ------------------------------


Thei Meaning ist:    (!!!! CAUTION: 1 =3DNOJumper!!!!)


A B C D		Resolution    Framefreq  Linefreq

                               Hz        kHz

------------------------------------------------------------------

0 0 0 0 	1280x1024	72	77.2

0 0 0 1		640x480		72	37.8

0 0 1 0         1280x1024	60	65.2

0 0 1 1		800x600		60	37.9

0 1 0 0		1024x864	60	54

0 1 0 1		1152x900	72	69.1

0 1 1 0		1024x768	71	57.4

0 1 1 1		1280x1024	60	63.3

1 0 0 0		1280x1024	75	80

1 0 0 1		800x600		72	48.4

1 0 1 0		640x480		59	31.5

1 0 1 1		1024x768	59	48.4

1 1 0 0		1024x768	70	56.5

1 1 0 1		1280x1024	66	70.6

1 1 1 0		1152x900	66	61.9

1 1 1 1		1280x1024	72	77.2

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Markus Tacke