[comp.sys.ibm.pc] VGA and TC

psrc@poseidon.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (12/05/88)

In article <422@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>, mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) writes:
> If not, does Turbo C support VGA?

Yes (except for the VGA/MCGA 320x200x256 low-res, big pallette mode).

> What of IBMs forthcoming ?GA graphics?

Hard to support a forthcoming product without knowing about it.  TC 1.5
and 2.0 (and Turbo Pascal 4.0 and 5.0) so also support the 8514 (even
in 256 color mode).  (TC 1.5 only documented 8514 support in a README,
I think.)  There's no support for super-EGA or super-VGA modes (e.g.,
800x600) that are slowly becoming de facto standards.

Paul S. R. Chisholm, psrc@poseidon.att.com (formerly psc@lznv.att.com)
AT&T Bell Laboratories, att!poseidon!psrc, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm
I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.