To quote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Eric Laberge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# At 15:28 00-11-01 -0500, you wrote:
#
# >The idea of full-speed graphics on a guest system sure is nice, but there
# >are some
# >really tough issues here. First off, its really important to understand that
# >there
# >is no such thing as an SVGA standard. SVGA is anything which supports VGA
# >fully and
# >offers extensions - typically 2D and 3D accelerations and higher modes and
# >deeper
# >colour depths than VGA supports. Everyone makes up their own interface.
#
# There is no SVGA standard, but there are VESA standards. Is there something
# that can be done with these? I remember having proposed something like that
# over a year and a half ago, but this was probably too early on.
#
# Are there any "generic" VESA/VBE drivers out there, for most OSs?
Crap, I had forgotten about VESA :) Yes, there are generic drivers out there, but I'm
not sure if they're OS-independant. I know they're pretty much video-card independant,
though.
Please don't ask me to name any of them. :(
Dave