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From: "Ben A L Jemmett" <ben DOT jemmett AT ukonline DOT co DOT uk>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: GEM/ViewMAX VESA display driver?
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:07:42 -0000
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>I'm wondering if anybody does know of a VESA display driver
>for GEM 3.1x or ViewMAX.
>

<snip>
>various cards out there, hence a VESA implementation would be
>very nice to enable more than 640x480 under GEM/ViewMAX, which
>is still a nice and useful graphical shell for people with
>low-end hardware.
>
Yes, it would be nice.  I had drivers for 800x600 and 1024x768 on my old
AVGA20 card, but they don't work with my new card (similar chipset).  With
VESA I could get GEM up at 1600x1200 - which would be good for DTP, BASIC2
etc.

>Maybe someone is volunteering to develop such a driver?

I certainly hope so.

Regards,
Ben Jemmett