Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!psuvax1!swatsun!gessel From: gessel@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Mark Gessel) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: VGA Mode 'X' + sound card Summary: Testing Mode 'X' Message-ID: Date: 28 Jun 91 13:30:11 GMT Organization: Swarthmore College, PA, USA Lines: 17 Anybody used the VGA Mode 'X' described in Dr Dobbs' July issue? Does it work on all VGA machines and monitors? I'm working on a game, and the square pixels and slightly higher vertical resolution seem like a real plus. I don't want to have a game that says it's VGA compatible when it's not. Seems like an undocumented mode could go unimplemented in many a VGA chipset . . . Along the same lines, I'd like to hear about the best/most popular/ and easiest to program sound cards for IBM PC's and Compatables . . . Thanks for any info, Dan -- Daniel Mark Gessel Internet: gessel@cs.swarthmore.edu