Re: What is Mode Y?

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From: sl8nl
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 05:51

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> 		By now I'm sure that most of us know what Mode X is,
> 	but what exactly is Mode Y?  Some people have told me that
> 	it is 320x400x256 while others say it is 320x200x256x4 pages.

The latter description is correct.  Mode Y is the planar mode 13h equivalent
with access to all 256k of VGA memory instead of just 64k.  It is addressed the
same as the other tweaked modes.

Joshua Jensne

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