8514A limits?

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4 total messages Started by Mark Towfiq Thu, 08 Nov 1990 21:03

#1627

Author: Mark Towfiq
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 21:03

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  What are the available text modes for the 8514A video adapters?  Is
it the same as a VGA?  Or does it have more modes?

   ---Ben Levy            FTP Software Inc.            seven@ftp.com    
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Re: 8514A limits?

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Author: lsalomo
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 1990 15:25

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From article <TOWFIQ.90Nov8150318@babyoil.FTP.COM>, by towfiq@FTP.COM (Mark Towfiq):
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>   What are the available text modes for the 8514A video adapters?  Is
> it the same as a VGA?  Or does it have more modes?
> 
>    ---Ben Levy            FTP Software Inc.            seven@ftp.com    
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>    Member of the International Ameoba Society: 
>                               "United We Stand, Divided We Multiply"

I don't know if this will work on a VGA, but

MODE CO80,60

I call it "squint-o-vision"...  ;)

Cheers,
Q - the "Q"uestor for knowledge (, a degree, etc.)

lsalomo@hubcap.clemson.edu
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Re: 8514A limits?

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Author: goldman
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 1990 20:29

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In article <TOWFIQ.90Nov8150318@babyoil.FTP.COM>, towfiq@FTP.COM (Mark Towfiq) writes:
>   What are the available text modes for the 8514A video adapters?  Is
> it the same as a VGA?  Or does it have more modes?

	I think that it's the same as VGA; in fact, I think what happens
is that if you do full-screen OS/2 (or DOS) it is the VGA board that is
driving the screen, and the 8514/A is just passing the information through.
That's what I remember reading, anyway.

		Adrian Goldman

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Re: 8514A limits?

#1655

Author: Ralph Yozzo
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 02:16

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In article <TOWFIQ.90Nov8150318@babyoil.FTP.COM> seven@FTP.COM writes:
>
>  What are the available text modes for the 8514A video adapters?  Is
>it the same as a VGA?  Or does it have more modes?
>
>   ---Ben Levy            FTP Software Inc.            seven@ftp.com    
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Member of the International Ameoba Society: 
>                              "United We Stand, Divided We Multiply"


In full screen OS/2 mode 80,14 and mode 80,25 and mode 80,34
 and mode 80,43 and mode 80,60 work.
 In the windowed command prompts even mode 80,100 works.



Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@ibm.com)

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