Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: SVGA register programming Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 90 02:47:10 GMT References: <1990Mar4.211117.15287@jdyx.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 19 In-reply-to: tpf@jdyx.UUCP's message of 4 Mar 90 21:11:17 GMT In article <1990Mar4.211117.15287@jdyx.UUCP> tpf@jdyx.UUCP (Tom Friedel) writes: I am still looking for any information on setting SVGA modes, mainly 256 color, with out using the BIOS. This is by definition chip-set specific, and is often video card specific. I've had better luck with the chip-set technical manuals than unassembling the BIOS, but there has to be a better way. An answer: Have you ever seen John Bridges' VGAKIT? It contains code to detect and bank switch many (all?) of the VGA chip sets. A question: Where did you get chip-set technical manuals? If you got them from the manufacturers, could you post the names and addresses? -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problems