From: John Carmack johnc@idnewt.idsoftware.com
Subject: Question about VGA modes
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 15:22:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950916192254.uQ6tOxtiwNjxAOJzf16-9-CHoHTqjUBL-vzRTkoGyMQ@z> (raw)
>I have got the impression recently from a couple of postings
>that the 640x480x8 mode is supported on alll VGA hardware - in =
other
>words, that aux/vga doesn't need to know anything about the card
>(other than the fact that it's VGA) to do 640x480x8.
>I wonder if anyone can cofirm or deny this? On reason that leads =
me
>to doubt this is that said mode requires >64k of memory to run,
>implying that bank switching is necessary - something that is =
card
>dependent.
Not true. 640x480x4 is the highest standard VGA resolution.
John Carmack
Id Software
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1995-09-16 19:22 John [this message]
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1995-09-19 14:36 Christian
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1995-09-16 19:25 presotto
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