From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: SIGALRM question / Text in Graphics mode
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 19:12:57 -0300
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> 2. ) When in Standard-VGA graphics mode, text output will be displayed
>      on the screen, too. How can this be done in VESA/Super-VGA
>      modes (here the output is not shown) ?
	Many (Most) SVGA cards do support writing text to an VESA mode.  But, you can
never be sure that it'll work, actually, you can check.  There is a VESA
function that'll tell you if a specific screen supports text-writes.
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