Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 93 09:08:42 CST
From:	bobp AT hal DOT com (Bob Pendleton)
To:	A8411GAC AT AWIUNI11 DOT EDVZ DOT UNIVIE DOT AC DOT AT
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Universal Vesa TSR

Considering the interest that has been shown in VESA based graphics I
thought I'd forward the following message. I believe that the
combination of a vesa graphics driver for djgpp and the universal vesa
tsr will solve a lot of the problems people are having.

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Return-Path: <kjb AT cgl DOT citri DOT edu DOT au>
From: Kendall Bennett <kjb AT cgl DOT citri DOT edu DOT au>
Subject: Universal VESA TSR complete at last!!!
To: bobp AT hal DOT com
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 23:47:32 EDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

Bob,
	I have finally finished the first version of the Universal VESA
TSR. You can ftp it along with the latest version of the test kit
from the usual place (I have attached the release mail which you did not
recieve as you were not on my mailing list :-( ...

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Hi there,
         I have just released version 3.0 of the SuperVGA test kit library.
This new version of the library contains the first release of the 
Universal VESA TSR, a small Terminate and Stay Resident program to convert
most SuperVGA's into VESA 1.2 compatible SuperVGA's. You can even use
it to make your current VESA SuperVGA more compliant (as long as the
base chipset is supported). I have tested it on a number of different
systems and it works perfectly (so far). Let me know how it works on
your system.

This version also contains fixed for the 24 bit library, which now works
correctly for MegaEva/2 boards as well as Speedstar 24 and (hopefully)
Genoa 7900 boards.

I have also built 4 linkable libraries you can use in your own code,
along with the appropriate header files (of course it is still very
low level :-).

Once again I would appreciate it if people test the library out and mail
me with the results (even confirmation that it works).

You can ftp it from the following address:

    godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au (131.170.14.2): kjb/MGL/svgakt21.zip

I will also be uploading the file to Simtel20 and garbo in the next few
days.

Thanks again for your time.

Here is the form to fill in and return (taken from the SVGAKIT.DOC file):

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Name:  ____________________________________________________
Email: ____________________________________________________

Library Version: ___________

SuperVGA board: ___________________________________________
Chipset Type:   ___________________________________________

Demo Results:

16 color demo:  Ran Correctly [ ], Incorrectly [ ], Unsupported [ ]

If incorrectly, which parts did not work correctly:

Bank Switching [ ], Separate read/write banks [ ], Page Flipping [ ]

Explain: __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________

256 color demo: Ran Correctly [ ], Incorrectly [ ], Unsupported [ ]

If incorrectly, which parts did not work correctly:

Bank Switching [ ], Separate read/write banks [ ], Page Flipping [ ]

Explain: __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________

32k color demo: Ran Correctly [ ], Incorrectly [ ], Unsupported [ ]

If incorrectly, which parts did not work correctly:

Bank Switching [ ], Separate read/write banks [ ], Page Flipping [ ]

Explain: __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________

16m color demo: Ran Correctly [ ], Incorrectly [ ], Unsupported [ ]

If incorrectly, which parts did not work correctly:

Bank Switching [ ], Separate read/write banks [ ], Page Flipping [ ]

Explain: __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________
         __________________________________________________

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