From: J DOT J DOT vanderHeijden AT student DOT utwente DOT nl (J.J. van der Heijden)
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Subject: Re: VBE 2.0
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:46:13 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Nov 1996 07:20:23 GMT, Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
wrote:

>Stephen Marton wrote:
>> 
>> I was trying for a long time to get linear frame buffer under univbe
>> (sdd 5.3). modeinfo.ModeAttributes & 0x8 says I've got it, but Charles
>> Sandmann's vbetest says no (actually it checks MA & 0x80). So is my
>> detection routine wrong, and isn't univbe supposed to give you lbf?
>> I have a CL 5426 for what it's worth. Thanks in advance.
>
>When you first run the univbe program, does it tell you the linear
>frame buffer is enabled and give you a location in memory for it?
>I use Univbe 5.1, so I am not sure is SDD 5.3 is the same or not...
>I haven't played with Charles code either... :)
>
>Leathal.

The  CL5426 is capable of framebuffering, but only if you have less
than 14M RAM installed. Because of chip restrictions, the framebuffer
must be in the first 16M, and the card itself can hold 2M RAM, so the
buffer must start at 14M.

I use a CL5426 based card with 8M RAM and univbe 5.1 and I have no
problems.

JanJaap