Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 15:50:20 +0200 (CEST)
From: Archee/CoNTRACT <01dsolt AT vpg DOT hu>
To: Karsten <karsten AT nospam DOT alpha DOT futurenet DOT co DOT za>, soltesz AT hotmail DOT com
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Subject: Re: How much video memory is installed?
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hi !

You have to read the VBE documentation. You can see, how much memory is
installed in the VESA MODE INFO BLOCK. (4f01)

I would recommend to support VBE 2.0 for faster performance.
Most of the computers can be fast with VBE 1.2. But eg. unger win95 you
will get very big slow down by banking video memory.

I have VESA doc at home. i will send it ta ya.(probably :) )

-- Archee/CoNTRACT  CODER   ( 01dsolt AT vpg DOT hu  )
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On Sat, 9 May 1998, Karsten wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Im writing a VESA 1.2 graphics library using C++ (DJGPP), and I need to
> know:  How to I detect or calculate the amount of video memory installed
> on a computer?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance !
> 
> Karsten 
> 
> karsten AT nospam DOT alpha DOT futurenet DOT co DOT za
> (remove "nospam." to email me)
>