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First post, by Deksor

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Hi folks !

My 286 came with a Prisma EGAMAX video card and I discovered that it had several interesting features. I also have its manual explaining how to use that card. But unfortunately, I don't have the most important thing : the floppy disk.

Does anybody knows where I could find it ? the specific program I'm looking for is called "860EGA.EXE" by the way.

I know that this guy on ebay https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Prisma-EGAMAX-860-256 … XcAAOSw9ZNZjI2k has this disk, but I asked him if he could dump it for me but he doesn't want to open the factory sealed paper retaining the floppy disk. That's fair, but I won't pay the same amount I paid to get the whole computer + monitor and manuals just to get the exact same card I've got to finally have the drivers I want ...

Can anybody help me ?

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Reply 1 of 7, by Jo22

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Hi, that's what I found so far -

The card seems to be based around the "GN006001 B" chip by Genoa.
http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/news/item … enoa-gn006001-b

And that's how the utility disk supposed to look like:
http://bbelmix.is-best.net/kod/SW-EGAMAX-UTIL?i=1

Some Genoa drivers are available there, though they are for VGA probably:
ftp://ftp.mpoli.fi/hardware/DISPLAY/GENOA/

Also, Genoa Systems had a website at http://genoasys.com :

https://web.archive.org/web/19961015000000*/h … //genoasys.com/

I'm afraid that's all I can find so far, sorry. 🙁

EGA really had it's prime in the 80s, before the usual FTP servers appeared.

Maybe some old shareware disks include a copy of Genoa's BBS archive.
Some of them are archived at archive.org.

Edit: User jheronimus had got a Prisma EGAMAX 860, too..
286 EGA build mk2

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Reply 2 of 7, by Deksor

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Thanks !

By looking at the website hosting the photo of the floppy disk, they seem to sell it for 1€ ! If I manage to buy it (I don't speak slovak unfortunately, understanding how that site works is hard 🤣) I'll dump it right away.

If there are slovak people here, would you like to help me ? 😀

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Reply 3 of 7, by keropi

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I am attaching in this post the full set of driver disks for the card - 4x360kb floppies in both IMG and plain files format 😊

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    EGAMX860.ZIP
    File size
    1.14 MiB
    Downloads
    175 downloads
    File comment
    Prisma EGAMAX 860 driver disks
    File license
    Fair use/fair dealing exception

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Reply 4 of 7, by Deksor

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Oh, thank you very much !! I'll try them very soon.

If I had a scanner, I could also scan the manual of the card, but at the moment I don't 🙁

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Reply 5 of 7, by keropi

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I guess the only real info in it is the jumper settings...

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Reply 6 of 7, by Deksor

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Just tested : the 860EGA.exe program works like a charm, just look at this !

IMG_20180120_191608.jpg
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1812 views
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Fair use/fair dealing exception
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666.39 KiB
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1812 views
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Fair use/fair dealing exception

HD EGA x) (sorry for the blurry pictures, it's night and the CRT has some issues at the moment)

Edit : according to my manual, the card can even emulate some VGA modes ! 😮

It's not documented in the program, but you can still use the modes' codes and that seems to work properly.

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Reply 7 of 7, by Deksor

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So I managed to order the disks @Jo22 has found, they match what my manual refers to, and it brings some other stuff in it. If you want them, you can download it from here : http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25830

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