Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!spdcc!eli From: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Hercules detection ??? Message-ID: <1351@spdcc.COM> Date: 21 Jun 88 13:07:09 GMT References: <323@krafla.rhi.hi.is> Reply-To: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) Organization: yes Lines: 13 i had to deal with this problem about a year ago. i think the problem was detecting whether a CGA or a Hercules was installed. in any case, i concluded that it was impossible. Hercules has a short routine which is supposed to handle the detection problem for you. but it doesn't work. i talked to their tech people on the phone, and they admitted this... i forget the exact nature of the problem -- something like: randomness on the bus can sometimes give the same behavior that an actual Hercules card would, at the specified locations... i ended up putting a "-hercules" command line switch in the program. (ugly, i know)...