From: ohland@charter.net   
      
   To be sehr klar... I need you to take an 8514/A, install it into a   
   Non-AVE 16-bit slot [or a 32-bit if you can waste one], and bring up the   
   system. My SWAG is this was never done because everyone knows it goes in   
   the AVE 16-bit slot because the Holy Ordos IBM ordained it so.   
      
   Put the video cable on the system board VGA at the first boot, if the   
   8514/A is happy under set and view configuration, -MAYBE- it supports   
   VGA. At what color depth, I dunno, as the 8514/A uses the INMOS   
   IMSG171S-50 RAMDAC. Perhaps the mythical Mode 13 might help beat out   
   more possumbilities, but you have a 18-bit DAC [6-6-6].   
      
   My further SWAG is the 8514/A could do VGA if in a non-AVE slot, and VGA   
   drivers will do. Maybe.   
      
   You might need a video terminator, but since both VGA sources aren't on   
   the Video Extension, there isn't excess video signal on the AVE.   
      
   https://www.ardent-tool.com/video/Video_Terminator_Pinout.html   
      
   I'm not sure about the I/O address of the 8514/A.   
      
   We run the BVE XGA-2 with the BVE portion sticking outside the slot in a   
   Model 90 [which has planar XGA]. Having the AVE or BVE contacts hanging   
   in free air does not hurt the card or system.   
      
   Louis Ohland wrote:   
   > The AVE and BVE thing is not altogether useful for anything higher than   
   > 640x480.   
   >   
   > https://www.ardent-tool.com/video/Video_Extension.html   
   >   
   > Just as an exercise in mental gymnastics, can you install the 8514/A in   
   > a NON-AVE 16-bit slot? When you stick it into a 16-bit AVE slot, my SWAG   
   > is that turns off the 640x480 from the 8514/A. I really don't know if   
   > anyone has tried it and reported the results.   
      
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