Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!uunet!drivax!liberato From: liberato@dri.com (Jimmy Liberato) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: VESA SVGA Standard Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 16:18:30 GMT References: <51370017@hpindda.cup.hp.com> Reply-To: liberato@dri.com (Jimmy Liberato) Organization: Digital Research, Inc., Monterey Development Center Lines: 15 tozz@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Bob Tausworthe) writes: >Has anybody heard, or had any experience with, the VESA (Video Electronics >Standards Association) standard for SVGA? Does anybody use it? Have >they come up with standards for 1024x768x256 yet? >Wouldn't it be nice if application programmers wrote their software >to use this standard and then all the card companies had to do was >build one VESA driver? Wow! Yes, just about all software from here on will be VESA compliant. Older boards (assuming they can handle the resolution) will have a software bios extension in the form of a TSR. Newer boards have the VESA bios on chip. More information can be gathered from VESA, 1330 South Bascom Ave, Suite D, San Jose, CA 95128-4502. (408) 971-7525 FAX (408) 286-8988