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Subject: Re: hmm can someone help me with VESA
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> >ALL VESA MODE NUMBERS ARE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 256 IN DECIMAL.
> >So there's no possible way that giving the VBE functions a mode of
> >117 DECIMAL will work, because THAT'S NOT A VESA MODE!!!!!
>
> So if VBE functions only work with VESA modes, then is there a VESA
> mode equivalent to 320x200x8?  Or does the VBE spec say "use VGA
> functions if you want to access low resolutions"?

Yup.  It just automagically passes it down to the normal VGA BIOS.

AndrewJ