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- From: kotsines@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Tom Kotsines)
- Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth VRAM. VESA?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.062246.22813@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <1k49hqINNsj0@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:22:46 GMT
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- In article <1k49hqINNsj0@hpscit.sc.hp.com> matthias@nsr.hp.com (Matthias Kamm) writes:
- >I purchased the Diamond Stealth VRAM windows accelerator
- >card before local buses became so popular.
- >
- >I can't find any mention in the documentation referring to
- >VESA compatibility, but when I run the 'msd' program that
- >comes with windows, the s/w lists the video card as VESA
- >compatible.
- >
- >Is this detectable in software?
- >
-
- Yes. The Stealth is 100% VESA compatible. Thus you don't need any drivers
- at all for things such as Links 386 Pro, which require VESA cards for
- enhanced displays.
-
- For the person who was confused about the "VESA" name itself....VESA has
- standards for MANY things. The VESA local bus is only one of many different
- standards bearing the VESA name.
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