OpenEuphoria

SVGA Test

• Posted by Falkon <Falkn13 at IBM.NET> May 02, 1998
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From:    David Cuny
>BOOM!
>But it may not be your fault - the code (and SVGA) work just fine if I
>bring up the machine under Command Prompt Only. It only crashes the
>machine if it is running Win95. Grrr... This means that it is probably
>impossible to detect with a DOS call, since the problem is not with
>DOS...

     Mmm...well scratch that idea then.  There has to be some way to detect
it before setting it, though.  Necessary, I think, if any of us are going to
make professional-like DOS-mode SVGA-capable programs.
     That may require an include file full of tests for various cards, 'stub
implementations' and virtual device drivers...  More than I know how to make
at the moment, anyway.
     But until that exists, I'd recommend the convention of being able to
choose VGA or SVGA by a command-line parameter or program configuration menu
or something.

Eh, I'm going back to working on my PDF stuff for awhile.  

Falkon