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From: dhinds@portia.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: How can I get source for Borland's BGI files?
Keywords: BGI, Super VGA
Message-ID: <6834@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 19 Nov 89 22:58:19 GMT
Sender: David Hinds <dhinds@Portia.stanford.edu>
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    I want to write a BGI file to support a set of "Super VGA" modes.  It
doesn't seem that Borland distributes the source for the BGI files with
any of their packages.  Is it available anywhere?  I would prefer to get
the source for Borland's files, but could live with the specifications
for writing a BGI file from scratch.
    On a different topic, I am curious about the differences between
16-bit and 8-bit VGA cards.  In graphics modes, it seems that memory
is unavoidably organized into bytes, and that the extra bus width will
have zero effect.  The graphics processor's mask registers, and all
the internal arithmetic units, accept only 8 bits of host data, right?

                                 - David Hinds
                                   dhinds@portia.stanford.edu