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- The Universal VESA VBE
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- Version 4.3
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- 20 March 1994
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- The Universal VESA VBE is a small Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program
- that extends the video BIOS of SuperVGA video cards to make them compatible
- with the Video Electonics Standards Association (VESA) recommended
- Video BIOS Extensions (VBE).
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- By having a video card that has a VESA VBE compatible BIOS, or by
- installing this small TSR, programs that support the VESA VBE programming
- interface will work correctly for your SuperVGA. This helps to solve a
- lot of problems with compatability between different SuperVGA cards on the
- market. Note that this program will not take advantage of any of the
- acceleration features that your video card may provide.
-
- NOTE: When you unzip this archive, make sure you use the -d option to
- create the correct directory structure.
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- Where to get the latest version
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-
- You can probably download the latest shareware version of the package from
- your local BBS, or you via the internet using ftp from Simtel20 or garbo (and
- their mirrors):
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- oak.oakland.edu: pub/msdos/graphics/univbe??.zip
- garbo.uwasa.fi: pc/graphics/univbe??.zip
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- If you have access to CompuServe, you can download the file from the
- IBMPRO VESA file library (12) as the file uvbe??.zip (CompuServe has
- restrictive file naming conventions).
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- Corrections, updates and queries
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- If you have any corrections or updates to the code in this package, or
- you have any questions you would like asked, feel free to contact me
- through one of the following methods.
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- Internet: rcskb@minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au
- Compuserve: 100237,2213
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- Snail Mail: Kendall Bennett
- SciTech Software
- GPO BOX 4216NN
- Melbourne 3001
- AUSTRALIA
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- Credits
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- Credits must be given where credits are due. Finn Thoegersen, the author
- of the VGADOC package has provided me with results and corrections for
- the code after testing it on more SuperVGA adapters than I could possibly
- hope for. His VGADOC package along with John Bridges VGAKIT provided the
- information without which this package would never have gotten started.
- The whole PC graphics community is deeply in his debt.
-
- Bob Pendleton must be thanked for originally suggesting that I try to
- convert the routines in the first versions of the SuperVGA kit into
- an installable VESA compliant TSR. Without his inspiration this thing
- would probably never have gotten started.
-
- Tom Ryan and Rod Dewell from VESA have also been an inspiration, and
- provided me with the oportunity to get the Universal VESA VBE working
- across the board through co-operation with the video card vendors
- themselves.
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- Kevin Gillet from VESA has also been a great inspiration, providing
- me with the help that I need in terms of getting access to the new
- VBE specs and VBE directions.
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- David Penley from NCR Microelectronics has been a great help, providing
- test video boards and abundant amounts of technical documentation and
- advice.
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- Also a number of people on the net have provided feedback on the package,
- and I thank them for their help (there are too many to list :-)
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