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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Why not standard VESA drivers??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.044757.5167@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Dec17.025804.2367@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:47:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.025804.2367@sbcs.sunysb.edu> kskapin@csws3.ic.sunysb.edu (Keith T Skapinski) writes:
- >Why doesn't IBM (or someone else) supply VESA drivers for 800x600x16,
- >800x600x256, 1024x768x16, and 1024x768x256?
- >I'm sure it can be done and it would work with any SVGA cards which are
- >VESA compatible (like my Trident). I have a DOS GIF viewer called VUIMG and
- >it includes specific drivers for many SVGA cards as well as a generic VESA
- >driver which can be used with any SVGA card which is VESA compatible. The
- >VESA card works great with my Trident as well as many other cards.
- >Thats what I want for Christmas!
-
- VESA is a real mode "standard." It has basically nothing to do with
- protected mode operating systems.
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