Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:43:50 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Justin Ward <ward AT escape DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: .grd's and the lack thereof


On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Justin Ward wrote:

> Okay here's the thing.. My programs can go into and properly function
> in high res gfx mode without any djgpp-related environment variables
> (go32, djgpp, go32tmp, etc). I was just wondering if this is the case
> with all systems, or if my system is just wierd. If it'll work on any
> system, why are the .grd's needed at all? And if my system is wierd,
> how so?

This most probably means that your SVGA is compatible with the Vesa BIOS 
Extensions (VBE).  GO32 has a built-in graphics driver for such cards 
which is used if no ``driver'' parameter is found in the GO32 environment 
variable.  This is explained in the DJGPP FAQ list (faq102.zip from the 
same place you get DJGPP), section 10.4.