OpenEuphoria

Re: use_vesa(1)

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Feb 12, 2000
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No problem on an eMachine (with ATI chipset, I think, & Eu2.1 ); in fact, as
intended, with use_vesa(1) the mset.ex now displays properly on it.

Dan Moyer



Robert wrote:
>Now that I'm using a machine with an ATI graphics card,
>I'm wondering if maybe use_vesa(1) should be the default.
>It's necessary for a lot of cards in SVGA modes.
>The thing I'd like to determine is whether there's a
>downside to making it the default. WATCOM provided
>very little documentation about it.
>Can anyone tell me if use_vesa(1)
>causes a problem with their graphics card?
>Try any graphics program that runs
>in SVGA  (mode 256 or higher)
>For example, add:
>           include machine.e
>           use_vesa(1)
>at the top of demo\dos32\mset.ex in Euphoria 2.2.
>mset runs in mode 261.
>
>Thanks,
>   Rob Craig
>   Rapid Deployment Software
>   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com