Forgot to attach exhibit A and B...

In https://oummg.com/manual/adapters.html I have tried to collect different VGA adapter bugs, as a sort of a "bug compendium" for a VGA card collector/connoisseur.

So far I don't know of many issues at all with 8900D. It has been a very compatible card in my tests. I wonder if that might be some kind of an issue with hardware mouse cursor (does the game use one?)

You can try disabling the FIFO on the card via jumper

Linoleum wrote on 2025-09-20, 20:16:

Everyone knows the only reason to build a 386 machine is to play Links386, right?

That made me laugh as I tried to play it last week on my maxed out 386/40. But the the time it takes to redraw the screen after every action is a bit to much for me. 😀

I played it with a Tseng ET4000AX btw so unfortunately can't help with your problem but I would suggest to use some faster pc (or be very patient 😜).

maxtherabbit wrote on 2025-09-20, 21:12:

You can try disabling the FIFO on the card via jumper

Here's the card I have: https://theretroweb.com/expansioncards/s/jaton-ja-8232d-v5

I tried every single jumper on/off and it didn't work... Oh and Tellset told me FIFO was already OFF...

clb wrote on 2025-09-20, 21:11:

In https://oummg.com/manual/adapters.html I have tried to collect different VGA adapter bugs, as a sort of a "bug compendium" for a VGA card collector/connoisseur.

So far I don't know of many issues at all with 8900D. It has been a very compatible card in my tests. I wonder if that might be some kind of an issue with hardware mouse cursor (does the game use one?)

I see that you were able to run Univbe 6.70 with your 8900D... Mine just makes the screen go blank and crash I presume.

Update: The latest UniVBE version I successfully ran was 5.1—and best of all, it completely resolved the graphical artifacts in Links386. Yay!