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Mode 13h Doc by Vulture ***
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/basicdoc.zip (7k)
An explaination of mode 13h - For the *absolute* beginner. Pascal, Text
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Hi Res by Ash of Bunghole Productions *
21 Sep 1997 /code/hardware/video/bp-hires.zip (14k)
Example of how to use mode 12h (640x480x16) Assembler
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Check VESA by London Fog *
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/checkvsa.zip (1k)
A program to detect if a computer has VESA support - Uhm, like... thanks. It's a real help. Assembler, real-mode
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MOD v1.0 by Dake of Devotion **
27 Jan 1998 /code/hardware/video/dk-mod10.zip (4k)
Source to change to different text modes. More complex than necessary. Good commenting. Assembler
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VESA 1.x tutorial for dos32 by Peter Stuge of XiA **+
30 Jun 1998 /code/hardware/video/dos32vbe.zip (8k)
Assembler
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Fake mode by Yaka of Xography ****
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/fakemode.zip (123k)
A tweak mode for high color resolution on a VGA - Great explanation of how to set up such a video mode. Pre-dates illumanati and ambience by Tran. Assembler, real-mode
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Windows GDI Killer by Kiyone of Galaxy Police ****
17 Jan 1999 /code/hardware/video/killgdi.zip (15k)
This .DLL gives you full access to the VGA card under Windows'95. Very useful if you want to port your demos to windows. C/C++, (INVALID code-language character "D" specified!)Please notify Snowman (r3cgm@hornet.org) immediately! Pascal
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Mode Switching Routines by Jeff Morgan **
18 Jan 1999 /code/hardware/video/modsrc21.zip (17k)
These routines set different vga video modes without using the bios routines. Assembler
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Prometheus Truecolor System by Gaffer of Xtatic ****
18 Jan 1999 /code/hardware/video/ptc071.zip (1709k)
This is a hardware independent library for dos and windows for accessing the videocard. C/C++
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VESA 2.00 Development Kit v2.10 by Realtech
30 Jan 1999 /code/hardware/video/rtvbe210.zip (56k)
C/C++
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S-VGA Programming by Sasquatch *
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/rvesa.zip (4k)
VESA programming example - Not helpful. Assembler, real-mode
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VBE functions 2.1 by Babyloon of Revelation
30 Jan 1999 /code/hardware/video/rvlvbe21.zip (208k)
supports VBE 1.2 & 2.0, LFB - RM & PM bank switching Assembler, C/C++, protected-mode
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S3 TPU unit by Dietmar Meschede **+
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/s3unit3.zip (16k)
Source to set 320x240x256 and 640x480x256 modes with 1MB addressing on S3 chips - Doesn't directly say how to access that video memory or what to do with it. Now adays one should simply use the VESA BIOS. Pascal, protected-mode
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Type One's SVGA Tricks Part 1 by Type One **+
06 Oct 1996 /code/hardware/video/t1-svga1.zip (17k)
Broken english. :( Lots of very useful video card tweaking information. Text and assembler, but not compileable. Text
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SVGA Tricks by Type One of Pulpe ****
18 Jan 1999 /code/hardware/video/t1svga11.zip (14k)
Contains a lot of information about setting specific modes, including some very weird ones, about accelerating specific videocards, etc. Text
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Tweakdoc.txt by Vulture *+
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/tweakdoc.zip (5k)
A doc for setting mode X and some other tweak modes - It doesn't explain much (really anything) about how to use the mode. Text
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Official VESA VBE 2.0 Specification ****
06 Oct 1996 /code/hardware/video/vbe20-11.exe (540k)
Text
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VidBlitz by Zax *
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/vblitz13.zip (180k)
A utility to give you bliting times from your video card - Useless? Text
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VESA BIOS extension docs by Patch ****
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/vesasp12.zip (15k)
The specifications of the VESA BIOS extension - (kinda) from VESA themselves. Text
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VGA Info by Andrew Scott ***
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/vga-info.zip (136k)
A VGA reference manual - Poor layout. I found it difficult to find things. Not as if the VGA card has changed, but the information seems outdated. Text
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VGA FX by Chris Dunford *+
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/vgafx.zip (26k)
Some text effects - It's just some palette manipulations hidden (unintentionally) behind some very twisted code. Then again, it was coded in '89. Assembler, real-mode
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VidTimer by Zax *
11 Jan 1997 /code/hardware/video/vtime110.zip (175k)
A utility to give you bliting times from your video card - Same as vblitz13.zip, just a different version. Text
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Vbe 2.0 Library For Watcom by Malice of WitchCraft
30 Aug 1998 /code/hardware/video/wtcvbe.zip (61k)
A 100% asm VESA library with 256 and Direct Color modes support. Included source code, OBJ file, Watcom header and a C example.
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XMode FAQ by Phil Carlisle **+
01 Dec 1997 /code/hardware/video/xmodefaq.zip (6k)
Not a real faq, but it contains a (dated) list of code resources for xmode.
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