Re: Detecting VGA

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From: Stan Brown
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 12:09

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In article <1992Apr4.142204.3541@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> holmesda@spot.Colorado.EDU (ASTAROTH) writes:
>	This time I need to know how to detect whether the current vidcard
>is CGA, EGA, or VGA.  Can someone send me the assembly needed to perform
>such a feat?  Please?  Or at least point me in the right direction?

From Simtel:

PD1:<MSDOS.BATUTL>
VIDTYP14.ZIP   31648  8  900831  Set environment variable to video
display type
 
PD1:<MSDOS.SCREEN>
ADVID105.ARC   50767  8  890717  Faster video output with CGA/EGA/VGA
 

Either of thesee must surely include code to figure out the video type.
-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, USA   brown@ncoast.org

"All my life I've wanted to be somebody. I see now I should have been
more specific."                                         --Lily Tomlin

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 12:09:06 GMT
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