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First post, by Grzyb

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I'm looking for software for STB VGA 640 card, based on CHIPS F82C451 A chipset.
I've found the following line in some BBS file listing from 1992:

640UTIL.ZIP 41339 10-30-91 VGA 640 utilities/Demo.

...but the file itself is nowhere to be found.
Any help?

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Reply 2 of 5, by Grzyb

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So I've tried the above, and...

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I've also found the software for another card based on this chipset, OCTEK EVGA - https://archive.org/details/ChipsTechnologies … rAndUtilityDisk
...but no luck, either - the chipset obviously does support emulation modes, but the STB BIOS doesn't cooperate.

All my hope is now in the utilities from STB, so I'm still looking!

This card would fit perfectly in some XT, if I only could enable its CGA emulation mode...

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Reply 4 of 5, by darry

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Maybe this would help .

https://studfile.net/preview/894288/

----------105F01-----------------------------
INT 10 - Set Emulation Mode (Chips and Technologies Super VGA)
AX = 5F01h
BL = Operation Mode
0-1 Reserved
2 Enable CGA Emulation
3 Enable MDA Emulation
4 Enable Hercules Emulation
5 Enable EGA Emulation
6 Enable VGA Emulation
Return: AL = 5Fh If function supported
AH = Return Status
1 If Function Succesfull, 0 else

And a datasheet for the 82C452 (conceivably similar) . . If you can bypass the BIOS and set the right value in the right register, it might work (beyond my skill set).

EDIT : Also the Epson Equity 386SX Plus used a 82C452 . The Epson FTP Europe site is archived, but there is no Index and it is 226GB in size .
https://archive.org/details/2015.02.download. … pson-europe.com

Reply 5 of 5, by Grzyb

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The problem is that the INT 10h "Set Emulation Mode" function obviously isn't implemented in the STB BIOS - the SetVGA utility tries to call that function and fails.

I've got the datasheet for 82C451, so indeed I can write my own utility, but that's not a priority - I have some other 8-bit VGA card as well...

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