[Reweld]

Thanks John

I didn't really think about that. I assumed that VGA mode specs were so well known that it would be "easy" to write code to make just about any VGA-conforming video system work by just using the proper BIOS calls, and not having to directly fiddle with the chip ports. Anyway, I've got a barely used penguin package and a red hat package gathering dust around here somewheres.........

[John Robinson]

You should be able to run in 640x400 VGA mode without any trouble. Off hand, I don't know what the options are, but you certainly don't need to pick a chipset, etc. That is necessary only when you ask more from the video card (which almost everybody would want to do anyway.)