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- From: gt0449a@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Coleman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth VRAM. VESA?
- Message-ID: <81983@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 03:14:52 GMT
- References: <1k49hqINNsj0@hpscit.sc.hp.com> <tim.89.728091337@src.cppa.utah.edu>
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- >Huh? It was my understanding that the VESA standard applied to the local
- >bus expansion *slot*, not to the cards that go into the slot. Am I
- >wrong? Someone please clarify.
-
- The VESA standard as it applies to video cards is twofold: The VESA
- software standard provides (through hardware BIOS calls or a loaded
- driver) standardized access to SVGA modes (such as 800x600, 1024x768,
- 640x480x256, etc). Diamond itself is a "voting member" on the VESA
- committee, so at this point all of their boards comply in hardware (no
- software driver necessary). If you have an older one, you can get them
- to send you a BIOS update that will make it unnecessary to run a
- software driver to get VESA compatibility. The VESA hardware standard
- defines extensions to the video card that will be made in the future.
- I'm not as knowledgable about the hardware end of things (as I don't
- think that anyone has made use of it yet), but there is a "VESA
- connector" on my 24x.
-
- Hope this clears things up..
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- Rob Coleman ][ gt0449a@prism.gatech.edu ][ "I think I'm going bald!"
- Comp. Sci. ][ Georgia Institute of Technology ][ -Rush/COS
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