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From: scottw@ico.isc.com (Scott Wiesner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: VESA
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.143835.9564@ico.isc.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 14:38:35 GMT
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Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO
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VESA is the Video Electronics Standards Association.  It is made up of
companies that develop hardware and software that display information
on a screen.  Virtually every "big name" company (IBM, C&T, Autodesk,
NEC, TI, Tseng, Trident, etc) is a VESA member.

One of their standards is a Super VGA BIOS extension that defines common 
mode numbers for most of the resolutions we're likely to see in the near 
future.  A piece of software that supports VESA modes need only know one 
mode number for something like 1024x768 with 16 colors non-interlaced.  
Most VGA board makers support the VESA modes through a TSR.  VESA has other 
standards defined and still more in the works.  You can contact VESA at:

	VESA
	1330 South Bascom Ave, Suite D
	San Jose, CA  95128
	(408) 971-7525

Also, please feel free to contact me for more information.

Scott Wiesner
Interactive Systems
VESA Member