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Re: SVGA cards with linear address space??

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From: Daniel M. Coleman
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:22
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In article <1993Jan26.225454.15234@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> sean@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Sean Quinlan) writes:
>Does anyone know which, if any, SVGA cards allow the entire video
>memory to be mapped to a linear address space, instead of requiring
>a program to access 1Meg+ of memory through the A0000 64K window.
>
>thanks
>sean quinlan

Well, I know the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro does, but it might be too expensive to
be in a league with most SVGA cards.

Dan.

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