Determining Video Subsystem Type ...

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1 total messages Started by Ed Felton Fri, 14 Jun 1991 13:38

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Author: Ed Felton
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 13:38

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How can I, without using anything DOS'ish, (BIOS calls or memory reads only),
determine the Video Subsystem that is in place?

I have a code fragment from "USER INTERFACES IN C" [Mark Goodwin]
that detects MDA, CGA, and EGA/VGA.

I would like to go further, and be able to break the EGA/VGA down into 
EGA or VGA, and also would like to be able to detect any others like
SVGA.

Any help in this is greatly appreciated.  
Source code, Pseudocode, Smoke signals all accepted.
 Thanks in Advance

Ed Felton
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Ed Felton
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