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

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 07:06
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In article <1993Jan22.190701.24969@ultb.isc.rit.edu> nbb3647@ultb.isc.rit.edu (N.B. Bast) writes:

>the 24X is hardware VESA compatible... you won't even need a driver for
>most things.

Actually, VESA is just a BIOS standard instead of a hardware standard,
therefore 24X cannot be hardware compatible with VESA.  It is true
that 24X seems to have implemented VESA in its BIOS hence no additional
driver is needed.

  Ya-Gui Wei
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