On 2005-04-26, Rene Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VBE 2.0 is the important standard -- VBE 1.x support alone > would not be very useful. The big difference between 2.0 and the > preceding 1.2 was the introduction of LFB support (Linear Frame > Buffer) where a protected mode application (games using a DOS > extender such as DOS4/GW, mostly) could map the entire framebuffer > in a standardised way through VBE calls and this capability was > important back then so the standard stuck.
Yes. Basically, previous to 2.0 bank switching killed the required performance for graphic applications. > The current VBE version is 3.0: > > http://www.vesa.org/public/VBE/vbe3.pdf > > but I've never seen anyone care about any version higher than > 2.0 either. Have you heard of FreeBE/AF? http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/freebe/index.html I did try it on an old Ati Mach card and was excellent under DOS. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
