From: James MacDonald <trill AT netbook DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Vesa 2.0 is slower than 1.2 on my video card !!!!!
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 10:57:15 +0100
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In article <33db5521 DOT 3300648 AT news1 DOT telepac DOT pt>, Ricardo Cunha
<Myke AT cyberdude DOT com> scribbled :
>P.S.: If what you said is true how can a board that doesn't supports
>Vesa 1.2 support those calls simple by using UniBve?

Easily. UniVBE >is< VESA 2.0!
VESA is a software thing, as I said before. It interprets a setpixel()
command or similar to a low level hardware write, independent of VESA.

VESA is simply an API for programming video cards - so you don't have to
write a gazillion different drivers.
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