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The Universal VESA VBE
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Version 4.2
22 Oct 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.
NOTE: When you unzip this archive, make sure you use the -d option to
create the correct directory structure.
Where to get the latest version
-------------------------------
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). 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/univbe??.zip
The official support BBS for SciTech Software products is PC Connection
Australia. This BBS has 12 9600 bps modems supporting MNP2-4 and MNP5
data compression. You can log on and download SciTech Software files
for no charge, however if you wish to access the support forum, it costs
$0.50 an hour in connect charges (payable via credit card). You can send
mail to SciTech software as a non-registered user by mailing the userid
SciTech. To access PC Connection:
PC Connection Australia BBS
Ph: (03) 388 0909
Files: Scitech file library area
Support: Scitech discussion forum area
Corrections, updates and queries
--------------------------------
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
Compuserve: 100237,2213
PC Connection: SciTech
Snail Mail: Kendall Bennett
SciTech Software
G.P.O Box 4216NN
Melbourne 3001
AUSTRALIA
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 :-)