On 24 Feb 98 at 21:28, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> I want to ask here whether there is anything special I ought to know about
> trying to get an old, non-specified mono card with printer port up and
> running on this motherboard, while (or even while not) running a Matrox
> Millenium 4MB svga card.  Even without the Matrox card, the bios will not
> write the change to mono monitor type to the cmos.

  This sounds suspiciously like the BIOS cannot see the mono card.
Does the printer port show up?

  I recall that for a while I used a mono card with an old ATI
VGAWonder+.  The VGA caused random garbage on the mono monitor, which
was fixed by (soft) configuring the VGA card to run as an 8-bit
instead of 16-bit card.
  [I have not seen the problem on more recent VGA cards, and I do not
know of a PCI equivalent to the fix -- which would be a shame to
inflict on the Matrox.]

  Double-check that the card is fully seated; try moving it to
another slot, or even another machine.  Try to get some indication
that it still works....

David G