peterg at ptree32.com.au writes: > framebuffer 8-bit mode. I'm a bit out of my depth here, > but I think that the onboard ROMs on VGA cards set up the > legacy VGA mode - I don't think they power-up that way. FWIW, alphas have a mini 80286 emulator in the SRM console specifically to run the x86 code in these ROMs. Drew