I need manual for Matrox ultima card

[mauriland]

I have Matrox Ultima VLB card but I don't have manual for it. MGA-ULT/2/V/H is card model. It is full lenght. I need info what I can do with its dip-switch.

[Ribbit]

Here we go... Switches numbered from left-right, up=off, down=on:

If this is the primary/only video card in the machine, the only setting you can use is:

1 2 3 4 5 6
U D D U D D

If you've got another video card, or you *really* want to know what the switches do, post back here or email me.

And now a request for everyone else - the accelerator on my Ultima VLB/4/200 died a while ago (the VGA and RAMDAC still work). If anyone's got one (card that is, not accelerator) lying around that they don't want, let me know. TIA

[Ribbit]

BTW, my manual doesn't mention the ULT/2/V (VLB model), but it does cover the ULT/2/A (ISA model). (/H stands for high-resolution option - i.e. faster RAMDAC). Just thought you should know.

[mauriland]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Ribbit:

Here we go... Switches numbered from left-right, up=off, down=on:

If this is the primary/only video card in the machine, the only setting you can use is:

1 2 3 4 5 6
U D D U D D

If you've got another video card, or you *really* want to know what the switches do, post back here or email me.

And now a request for everyone else - the accelerator on my Ultima VLB/4/200 died a while ago (the VGA and RAMDAC still work). If anyone's got one (card that is, not accelerator) lying around that they don't want, let me know. TIA

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I need that info what those dip-switches do.

[This message has been edited by mauriland (edited 19 April 2001).]

[Ribbit]

OK then...

Switches 1,2,3 - controls I/O mapping into the 640K-1M space - make sure this doesn't conflict with other devices

U D D - AC000-AFFFF (Default)
D U D - C8000-CBFFF
U U D - CC000-CFFFF
D D U - D0000-D3FFF
U D U - D4000-D7FFF
D U U - D8000-DBFFF
U U U - DC000-DFFFF
D D D - Invalid

Switch 4 - enable VGA circuitry and BIOS

U - VGA enabled (Default)
D - VGA disabled

Switch 5 - Reserved / Boot mode (depending on card model)

U - Boot 16-bit (ISA cards only)
D - Boot 8-bit (ditto)

On other cards, leave down.

Switch 6 - Sync mode / RAM upgrade (depending on card model)

U - Reserved (MGA/VLB/2)
2M RAM upgrade present (MGA/VLB/2+)
Composite sync (others)

D - (Default) Reserved (MGA/VLB/2)
RAM upgrade not present (MGA/VLB/2+)
Separate sync (others)

The VLB/2(+) only supports separate sync.

Have fun...

[mauriland]

Thanks