[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Display Adaptors

terry@tah386.UUCP (Terry Hull) (05/02/89)

Can anyone recommend a book that explains the registers in VGA cards,
and how to set cards in various graphic modes.  I do not care if the
book has information on graphics programming or not, I am just looking
for a good VGA hardware reference.  Thanks for your help.

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irv@blackwidow.rutgers.edu (Irving N. Rabinowitz) (05/02/89)

In article <535@tah386.UUCP> terry@tah386.UUCP (Terry Hull) writes:

> Can anyone recommend a book that explains the registers in VGA cards,
> and how to set cards in various graphic modes.  I do not care if the
> book has information on graphics programming or not, I am just looking
> for a good VGA hardware reference.  Thanks for your help.

"Programmer's Guide to the EGA and VGA Cards", by Richard F. Ferraro,
Addison-Wesley 1988, $26.95, ought to fill the bill very well (maybe more than
you want--it's 600 pages long).  I hope that helps.
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walter@focsys.UUCP (WalteR Steinemann) (05/04/89)

In article <535@tah386.UUCP> terry@tah386.UUCP (Terry Hull) writes:
>Can anyone recommend a book that explains the registers in VGA cards,
> ...

The best book I have on this topic is:
	Programmer's Guide to the EGA/VGA
	George Sutty and Steve Blair
	Brady Books, a division of Simon & Schuster 1988
	Distributed by Prentice Hall Trade
	QA76.7.S87		1988		006.6755	88-24977
	ISBN 0-13-729039-X


Another book which includese CGA, MDA, Hercules, EGA, VGA and MCGA.
	Programmer's Guide to PC & PS/2 VIDEO SYSTEMS
	Richard Wilton
	Microsoft Press 1987
	QA76.8.I2594W55		1987		005.265		87-20264
	ISBN 1-55615-103-9

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