Message-ID: <327952D1.743F@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 09:31:06 +0800
From: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
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Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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To: Farhan Yousaf <farhany AT interlog DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: VESA Routines
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> How would I go about making a routine in DJGPP to load a Bitmap in
> 640x480x256 color mode?

What version of VBE? 1.2? 2.0? With 2.0 you can just make a linear
frame buffer and load it in, with 1.2, you will need to do some 
banking switches...either way, its a bit of work.

I recommend getting the VBE.ZIP (is this right?) in one of the DJGPP
v2 directories where you DJGPP...

Leathal.