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
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Reply-To: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias)
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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)...