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From: daly@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Whither VEISA? (Should be VESA!)
Message-ID: <11563.2754f8e0@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 90 12:02:40 GMT
References: <36317@cup.portal.com>
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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
                                 ^^^^^
I think you mean to say VESA here.  VEISA is ALR's brand name for their EISA
bus system.  VESA is the standard for SVGA.
 
> 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?
I know ATI at least is offering a TSR that works with their earlier boards
(later ones have VESA built in?) that gives them VESA compatiblity.  I use
the ATI VESA TSR and the VESA driver to view GIF pictures at SVGA resolutions
using VUIMG 2.75 (the VESA driver comes as a standard driver with VUIMG275).
Everything works fine, and I didn't need to upgrade my hardware at all.

Bryon Daly
daly@ecs.umass.edu