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- August 15, 1993
-
- RELEASE NOTES FOR VESA SUPER VGA BIOS EXTENSION VVESA.COM (VER 2.21)
-
- READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS PRODUCT !
-
- ATI Technologies Inc.
- 33 Commerce Valley Drive East
- Thornhill, Ontario
- Canada L3T 7N6
-
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- Contents
-
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Command Line Keywords
- 3.0 VESA Modes Supported
- 4.0 Vesatest Utility
- 5.0 Windows and VVESA.COM
- 6.0 VESA Standards
-
-
- 1.0 Introduction
-
- VVESA.COM is a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program. It is
- the implementation of the VESA Super VGA BIOS Extension Standard
- #VS911022.
-
- VVESA is not a driver. It is a program which enables your video
- board to be used with VESA compatible software. Consult your
- software manual or your software manufacturer's Technical Support
- to see if a VESA driver is available for your software.
-
- Install your software for VESA Super VGA. Then run VVESA before
- running your VESA compatible software. If you prefer, a batch
- file can be written to invoke VVESA and then your software. The
- resident portion of VVESA only consumes a small amount of memory.
- To run MS Windows 3.1 with VESA 800x600 16-color driver in the
- 7-bit video mode 6A, VVESA is not required.
-
- To remove VVESA from memory, type: VVESA OFF.
-
-
- 2.0 Command Line Keywords
-
- Here is a list of VVESA advanced command line keywords:
-
- OFF Remove the driver from the system memory.
-
- PAN Enable Linear Address
- It allows user to pan or scroll within the entire
- display memory. Standard VGA will wrap around at the
- end of 64K in planar mode. Linear address is disabled
- at default.
-
- 55rw Force single page read & write mode
- The Write Page number is set to Read Page number when a
- display mode is initialized. (Note that only display
- controller 28800-5 or higher is default to dual page
- mode, i.e. the writeable and readable windows can be
- programmed independently)
-
- DUALPAGE
- Turns on individual read and write windows which can be
- programmed independently for all supported 8, 15 and 24
- bit modes including: 100h, 101h, 103h, 105h, 110h, 112h
- and 113h.
-
-
- FOR MACH32 CARD USERS ONLY:
-
- DUALPAGE
- Does not enable separate read and write windows for
- the following 15 and 16 bit modes: 110h, 111h, 113h, 114h,
- 115h, 116h and 117h.
-
- NOHICOLOR
- Disables support for 32,768, 65,536 and 16.7M colour modes on
- mach32 products. It also disables support for mode 107h (1280
- x 1024 256 colours). It will save above 4K of system memory if
- your application does not support these high color modes.
-
- ********
- WARNING:
- ********
- If you change the VGA Memory Size setting in the Install
- program, you must UNLOAD and then RELOAD the VESA driver.
- Failure to do so can cause unpredictable results as the
- driver may try and set modes that are no longer supported by
- the new setting, or fail to support modes that are now possible.
- To unload the driver use the command "vvesa off", to reload
- it simply use the command "vvesa."
-
- When using VVESA.COM with a mach32, the recommended VGA Memory
- Size setting is "Shared." This will make the maximum number of
- VESA modes available.
-
-
-
- For example, to enable driver to view display memory at
- upper 512KB, type:
-
- VVESA PAN <enter>
-
- Then run your VVESA application.
-
-
- 3.0 VESA Modes Supported
-
- The following VESA modes are supported:
-
- MODE RESOLUTION MEMORY MEMORY PRODUCT
- NUMBER /COLORS REQUIRED MODEL REQUIRED
-
- 100h 640x400 /256 512KB packed pixel
- 101h 640x480 /256 512KB packed pixel
- 102h 800x600 /16 256KB 4-plane planar
- 103h 800x600 /256 512KB packed pixel
- 104h 1024X768 /16 512KB 4-plane planar all except V3
- 105h 1024X768 /256 1MB packed pixel
- 107h 1280X1024 /256 1MB packed pixel mach32
- 108h 80x60/16 256KB Text mode
- 109h 132x25/16 256KB Text mode
- 10Ah 132x43/16 256KB Text mode
- 110h 640x480/32768 1MB packed pixel XL, XL24
- mach32
- 111h 640x480/65536 1MB packed pixel mach32
- 112h 640x480/16.7 M 1MB packed pixel XL24, mach32
- 113h 800x600/32768 1MB packed pixel XL24, mach32
- 114h 800x600/65536 1MB packed pixel mach32
- 115h 800x600/16.7 M 2MB packed pixel mach32
- 116h 1024x768/32768 2MB packed pixel mach32
- 117h 1024x768/65536 2MB packed pixel mach32
-
- Note that some display adapters may not be capable of displaying
- all the modes listed above depending on the model, amount of
- video memory and how the display adapter is configured. Check
- the user's manual of your display adapter for information on how
- to configure display adapter and the available modes.
-
- Note that when using modes 107h, 110h, 111h, 112h, 113h, 114h, 115h,
- 116h, or 117h on the mach32 some applications may appear with dim or
- incorrect colors. This happens because these modes require the colour
- registers (i.e. DAC registers) to be set through video BIOS calls only.
- Some applications set these registers directly, which results in
- incorrect colour settings in these modes. If you encounter this problem,
- contact the application publisher.
-
-
- 4.0 Vesatest Utility
-
- VESATEST.EXE is a utility program to check which modes are
- supported on your display adapter, run VESATEST after loading
- VVESA. This utility will provide a listing of all VESA modes
- available on your card.
-
-
- 5.0 MicroSoft Windows and VVESA.COM
-
- Running VVESA.COM under Microsoft Windows is not recommended and can
- corrupt the display.
-
-
- 6.0 VESA Standards
-
- Programmers requiring more information about VESA standards may
- obtain copies of the specifications by writing or calling:
-
- VESA
- 1330 South Bascom Ave., Suite D
- San Jose, CA 95128
- (408) 971-7525
-