For the record, Shigawire, SDD (UNIVBE) 5.1 did not support the GeForce2/MX, your aforementioned videocard. This explains your odd message:
Video Card: Generic VGA SuperVGA ((null)) with 256 Kb, VBE 3.0
RAM DAC: Normal 8 bit DAC
. Installing VBE 2.0 32 bit protected mode extensions
I got a similar message using a version from around that time with my 3dfx Voodoo3. I'm sure the GeForce2/MX wasn't out yet when UNIVBE 5.1 was. Which explains the problem.
Nope, definitely not supported. From the README for UNIVBE 5.1:
Supported Chips
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The following is a list of supported SuperVGA families, and chipsets within each family. If you […]
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Supported Chips
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The following is a list of supported SuperVGA families, and chipsets within each family. If your graphics chip is on this list, and it probably is, it can be detected by UniVBE. You may not see any "board vendors" like Hercules, Genoa, Orchid, STB etc, but their products actually use chips from the manufacturers on this list, so UniVBE will work perfectly with those VGA boards too. See UNIVBE.TXT for any technical notes on your particular chip.
- Acer Labs ALi CAT-32/64
- Ark Logic ARK1000VL, ARK1000PV, ARK2000PV
- Avance Logic AL2101/2201/2228/2301/2302/2364 SuperVGA
- Ahead V5000A, V5000B
- ATI Technologies 18800, 28800, Mach32, Mach64
- Chips & Technologies 82c45x, 655xx, 643x0 WinGine
- Cirrus Logic CL-GD62xx, 5402, 5422/4/6/8/9, 5430/4
- Cirrus Logic LCD CL-GD64xx
- Compaq IVGS/AVGA, QVision QV1024/1280
- Diamond Viper P9000+W5186/OAK87 VLB and PCI
- Everex Viewpoint, Viewpoint/NI, Viewpoint/TC
- Genoa Systems GVGA
- Hualon HMC86304/14
- IIT AGX-010/11/14/15/16/17
- Matrox MGA Atlas
- MXIC 86000/86010 SuperVGA
- NCR 77C20/21/22E/32BLT
- OAK Technologies OTI-037C/057/067/077/087
- Paradise/Western Digital PVGA1A, WD90C1x/2x/3x
- Primus 2000 SuperVGA
- RealTek RTG3103/3105/3106 SuperVGA
- S3 86c911/924/801/805/928/864/964/866/868/968/Trio32/Trio64
- Sierra Semiconductor Falcon/64
- Trident 88/8900/9x00/8900CL/8900D/9200CXr/9400CXi/9420DGi/9440AGi
- Tseng Labs ET3000, ET4000, ET4000/W32/W32i/W32p
- UMC 85c408/18
- Video7 VEGA, HT208/209/216
- Weitek 5086/5186/5286, P9100
Chances are, you've never heard of many of those companies, let alone graphics chips... Considering UNIVBE 5.1 came out in 1995, this is not surprising.
Anyhow, the solution: Use a more recent version of SDD. SDD 7.0 for DOS, which I provided the link for, contains the last version of UNIVBE ever. Perhaps you could purchase a registration key (or find a crack) for it. SDD 7.0 definitely supports the GeForce2/MX.
I'm working on a SDD "Changelog" and graphics chips compatibility database so we don't run into this problem anymore...
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