To: dingfam AT imag DOT net
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: What's ModeX?
Message-ID: <19970505.181159.7127.1.fwec@juno.com>
References: <5kdjpd$lis AT news DOT interlog DOT com>
From: fwec AT juno DOT com (Mark T Logan)
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 18:12:36 EDT
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On Fri, 02 May 1997 18:47:44 -0700 SpankE <dingfam AT imag DOT net> writes:
>Gautam N. Lad wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> What's ModeX?  Is it the SVGA modes (i.e. 640x480x256, 
>800x600x65536,etc.)?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Bye!
>
>Heya
>  To the best of my knowledge, Mode-X is a tweaked VGA mode. The most
>common example is 340x200x256, which was extremly popular before the

The most common resolution for Mode-X is actually 320x240x256.  Other
possible
resolutions include 320x480x256, and something like 640x400x256, but I'm
not sure
about that one.  It can easily be made as fast as regular VGA and SVGA
through the
use of latches, page flipping, and other assorted tricks to be found in
M. Abrash's
"Zen of Graphics Programming, 2nd Edition."  


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