han@achel.UUCP (han) (01/15/86)
Can anybody supply me the documentation on the enhanced graphics adapter from IBM? Or, please, give me an address where I can buy the necessary information. References in the U.S. are also welcome. Han Schaminee Philips, The Netherlands mcvax!philmds!han
johnl@ima.UUCP (01/16/86)
There are two good sources of information on the IBM EGA card. 1 - The "Options and Adapters Technical Reference" manual. This manual is very expensive, $125 US, but contains hardware descriptions of all of the PC peripherals that IBM sells. The copy you buy will probably not have the section on the EGA, but there is a card to send in and they will send you updates that include it. The section on the EGA looks like it was typeset and proofread by somebody who didn't speak any English, but it will do. It includes a listing of the EGA's BIOS. 2 - The IBM Personal Computer Seminar Proceedings, volume 2, number 11. This is a series published for PC software developers and their ilk. You can write to IBM PC Seminar Proceedings, 4629, PO Box 1328, Boca Raton FL 33432 and they'll send it, or you can try calling +1 305 998 2000 and be put on hold for a long time. John Levine, ima!johnl
connery@bnrmtv.UUCP (Glenn Connery) (01/17/86)
> Can anybody supply me the documentation on the enhanced graphics adapter from > IBM? Or, please, give me an address where I can buy the necessary information. > References in the U.S. are also welcome. A reasonable reference is Volume 2, Number 11 of the IBM Personal Computer Seminar Proceedings, November 1984 published by IBM ESD. Just write to IBM Corporation, Editor, IBM Personal Computer Seminar Proceedings, 4629, P.O.Box 1328 Boca Raton, FL 33432. PC Tech Journal, Volume 3 Number 4, April 1985 has a reasonably good article which culls a lot of its info from the above source. The ultimate reference is the IBM Technical Reference, Options and Adaptors. This is a three volume set, don't remember what it cost. Make sure that you mail in the included form which will get you a whole pile of updates. Glenn
amir@houligan.UUCP (Amir Majidimehr) (02/06/86)
I don't know where you can get the IBM documentation but there was an excellent
article on how it operates and how you can program it in a special issue of
the Byte magazine that was dedicated to IBM PC. The name of that issue
was "inside the IBM PC" I think. It came out a few months ago.
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Amir H. Majidimehr
Unix Development Group
Gould Inc, Computer Systems Division
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