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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Whither VEISA?
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Date: 29 Nov 90 16:59:28 GMT
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In article <36317@cup.portal.com> schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) writes:
|So for months I've been reading that there is a STANDARD for video
|beyond IBM VGA and it's called VEISA. Yet, to date, no software
|package gives you this choice for display adaptors, nobody has
|announced hardware compatibility in a display board (except
|some TSR's from STB), and nobody is offering replacement firmware
|for video boards that meet the specs. What gives?

Maybe because you're asking for the wrong thing. It's called VESA,
and their phone number is 408 971 7525.

There are several Super VGA cards that support it, like the Sigma
Legend and some others who I don't recall.

The reason no one has announced hardware compatibility is that
VESA is a BIOS interface.

I've also seen software packages that support it although again,
I don't recall which ones.

As for upgrades, you should contact your vendor. Of course, the
cheaper ones are likely to take longer to get with the program
than if you went with a Paradise or similar big name.
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