From:	Bjorn De Meyer <bgdmeyer AT eduserv2 DOT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	FreeVBE ?
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:41:13 +0100
Organization:	University of Ghent, Belgium
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Since some time now, I've leared about the very usefull graphic
capabilities that Scitech's Univbe has to offer. However, something has
been bothering me for some time now: Univbe isn't free. As I am
programming freeware myself, I can'y use the VESA 2 graphical modes in my
programs without "forcing" the user of my programs to buy Univbe, wich is
unacceptable to me. That is why I'm wondering if anybody is working on 
a free VESA 2 driver wich replaces Univbe? If there's no-one working on
this, I might be interested in programming such a driver myself, with the 
intention of making it work with Allegro. (When i find some time :|) 
The question is then: where can I find the required documentation (without
having to pay tons of money to the VESA organisation)? Finally I want to
apologise for this being slightly off-topic.  
Thanks in advance.


Bjorn De Meyer.
Homepage: http//studwww.rug.ac.be/~bgdmeyer
E-mail: bjorn DOT demeyer AT rug DOT ac DOT be 
Chemistry student at RUG, option polymers.
Coordinator of the "Tales of Artah: First Sword" CRPG project.         
         
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