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The Universal VESA VBE
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Version 4.1
24 Sep 1993
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).
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.
I have also included two other useful TSR programs in this package. The
first is one supplied by IBM for PS/2 machines with special SuperVGA
chipsets, and the other is one to work with IBM XGA (and clone) adapters.
Both of these are not yet directly supported by the Universal VESA VBE.
Where to get the latest version
-------------------------------
You can probably download the latest version of the package from your
local BBS, or you via the internet using ftp from Simtel20 or garbo (and
their mirrors). However the absolute latest version will always be available
from the following ftp site:
godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au (131.170.14.2): kjb/MGL/svgakt??.zip
Donations
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You may make donations of any amount you wish to the author (note that
if you are distributing the program with shareware or commercial software
you MUST purchase a Software License Agreement - see the file 'copying' for
details). By donating the following amounts you will recieve the following
support:
US$20+ (A$30) You will be sent the latest copy of the software on
diskette.
US$50+ (A$70) You will be sent the latest copy of the software on
diskette, and will recieve information about the latest
updates to the program via postal mail. You may request
to be sent the latest update on diskette for US$10 (A$15)
for each update.
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.
Internet: kjb@citri.edu.au
Snail Mail: Kendall Bennett
15 Stevenson Street
Kew Victoria 3101
AUSTRALIA
XGAVES.ZIP and IBMVES.ZIP
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I have also included the xgaves.zip and ibmves.zip archives. These are
freely available VESA VBE TSR's for the IBM XGA and IBM PS/2 machines.
Support for these is not currently included in the Universal VESA VBE.
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.
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 :-)