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Re: Graphics Library for the SpeedStar 24X? (VESA)

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From: Daniel Crowson
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:19
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In article <21JAN199320343834@rosie.uh.edu> st1lv@rosie.uh.edu (McLeod, Stephen) writes:
>Given the great price for 24 bit color I am considering buying a Speedstar
>but a friend told me I should not do so unless there is something called a 
>VESA driver for it.  He says if there is not, I might be able to use a paint
>program but never any games and so on.  Is there a VESA driver for the 
>Speedstar 24X?  

  Yes, there's a VESA driver with it as with most other SVGA cards.


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