Re: So near but....

David Mosberger-Tang (davidm@AZStarNet.com)
Tue, 15 Aug 1995 06:52:52 -0700


>>>>> On Tue, 15 Aug 1995 09:37:05 +0100, gareth@ftech.net (Gareth Bult) said:

Gareth> And the rest. I get fwupdate.exe loading off floppy quite
Gareth> happily, then the whole machine stops. That and I made a
Gareth> real bad mistake, I was so impressed at finally getting MILO
Gareth> to load I ran the updateflash program that unfortunately
Gareth> worked as well..... so I only get MILO now......

I have a failsafe loader and an oldish SRM console that you should be
able to install with it. Though old, it ought to work just fine.
Once SRM is up and running, you should be able to upgrade to v1.3
easily. It would have to wait until tonight, though and you have to
be prepared to type in the dark (due to said VGA problem... :).

Gareth> What graphics card should I buy, and do you think it'll
Gareth> solve the problem??

I think pretty much anything works with the SRM as it contains an x86
emulator. I know for sure that: S3 Vision864, S3 928, and Mach 64
work. But other should, too.

--david