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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: GVP Spectrum defective - replacement advice?
« on: October 17, 2021, 06:22:20 PM »
One thing you are clearly doing is relying on the bundled EGS software for RTG rather than Picasso 96.

I mean, you're running LOADMONDRIVERS with nothing in Devs/Monitors. That would limit selectable screen modes in Workbench Prefs to whatever the machine started up in, PAL or NTSC.

I don't know if this is "wrong", but I feel it's ambitious with Workbench 3.9. Picasso 96 does support a 28/24.

EDIT: Setting aside the Bridgeboard, you could have just set the GVP card to 2MB rather than 4MB via jumper.
« Last Edit: October 17, 2021, 06:27:26 PM by Pat the Cat »
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: GVP Spectrum defective - replacement advice?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2021, 07:09:24 PM »
To clarify, set the GVP HC+8 to 2MB of memory rather than 4MB. :)

EDIT: The LEGS error message points to the installed drivers for EGS having a problem starting up.

I am thinking they were done a long time before 3.9. Might not work with it, Software problem rather than defective card.
« Last Edit: October 17, 2021, 08:08:06 PM by Pat the Cat »
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: GVP Spectrum defective - replacement advice?
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2021, 08:40:48 PM »
Am pretty certain you need "Picasso 96" icon dragged to devs/monitors.

You are bypassing the built in chipset way of dealing with monitors. ;)

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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: GVP Spectrum defective - replacement advice?
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2021, 08:00:54 PM »
Am pretty sure it defaults to passthrough so you should be OK.

One way to find out is build the cable.

Chris Edwards would know, you could try talking to him via Youtube or Reddit. He has a GVP card and uses  the passthrough.
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