golds@rlgvax.UUCP (Rich Goldschmidt) (04/20/88)
I am trying to decide whether it is worth buying a VGA board for a 386 AT. I would appreciate any suggestions about which are best, particularly from people who have experiences (good or bad) to report. There are also several EGA boards which claim to support several VGA modes, and I wonder if these are worth considering. The basic goal here is to get high resolution color with a modest price. Please email me your responses and I will summarize for the net. Thanks... Rich Goldschmidt uunet!rlgvax!golds or sun!sundc!rlgvax!golds or ARPA: rlgvax!golds@uunet.uu.net
simmons@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Gregory S. Simmons) (10/29/88)
Having recently purchased a VGA card that I am very happy with. I would
like to get some conversation going suggesting good books and places to
get information on programming with the VGA card. Anybody know anything
yet?
For all those wondering though, I am using a Everex EVGA card and I would
recommend this card to everyone that is looking to purchase one. I have
had very little trouble with mine, which is not what I've heard about
paradise or vega cards. If you are looking for VGA card, look only to
everex to supply your needs. (Not even a paid advertisement) I should
mention though that I have no direct experience with Vega or Paradise or
any other VGA card so my recommendation is based on the trouble free
experiences I've had with the Everex card.
Again though, any good places for VGA information?
Also, let's start getting some VGA information flowing.
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Greg Simmons
simmons@xanth.cs.odu.edu
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Give America a chance, vote republican. Just plain good sensechasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett) (10/30/88)
In article <6529@xanth.cs.odu.edu>, simmons@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Gregory S. Simmons) writes: > Give America a chance, vote republican. Just plain good sense I thought that was "nonsense" rather than "good sense" -- aren't the Republicans the ones who gave us the last two trillion dollars in this 3 trillion dollar national debt? While sayin' they conservative? Not my idea of conservative. Charles Marslett Founder -- Goldwater Republicans for Dukakis
msb62@leah.Albany.Edu (M S Baltuch) (10/30/88)
In article <6529@xanth.cs.odu.edu>, simmons@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Gregory S. Simmons) writes: > > Having recently purchased a VGA card that I am very happy with. I would > like to get some conversation going suggesting good books and places to > get information on programming with the VGA card. Anybody know anything > yet? > > Also, let's start getting some VGA information flowing. > > -- > Greg Simmons > simmons@xanth.cs.odu.edu The best source of vga programming information that I have found is in the book "Programmer's Guide to PC and PS/2 Video Systems" by Richard Wilton. It is published by Microsoft Press and costs $24.95. When I had to port a major graphics application to VGA, this is the book I turned to. It covers more than just VGA, and has a wealth of source coded routines. It is very well written. Good Luck Mitch Baltuch SUNYA Lightning Dectection Network _____________________________________________________________________________ Internet: msb62@leah.albany.edu Snail Mail: SUNY at Albany Bitnet: m.s.baltuch@albny1vx ES235 ATM/SCI 1400 Washington Ave Albany, NY 12222 The opinions stated are my own, who the hell else would want them.
alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander) (11/05/88)
In article <6529@xanth.cs.odu.edu> simmons@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Gregory S. Simmons) writes: >I would >like to get some conversation going suggesting good books and >places to get information on programming with the VGA card. Here are two books that look pretty good, from the little bit that I've seen: EVA/VGA A Programmer's Reference Guide by Bradley Dyck Kliewer Intertext Publications/McGraw-Hill Programmer's Guide to PC & PS/2 Video Systems by Richard Wilton Microsoft Press The first book is more hardware-oriented -- useful if you're bypassing the BIOS and writing your own drivers. The second book has may be more than you need. It covers CGA (barf) and all Hercules cards, has a complete summary of all BIOS calls, has lots of BIOS examples, and quite a few examples of applications (how to draw lines, circles, graphics text, filled regions, etc.). -- Mark Alexander (UUCP: amdahl!drivax!alexande) "Bob-ism: the Faith that changes to meet YOUR needs." --Bob (as heard on PHC)
schilder@uva.UUCP (Marius Schilder (I84)) (03/01/89)
Could somebody out there please explain why IBM did not provide double buffering with the VGA 320x200 256 color mode? I spend my spare time writing arcade action games and other smooth animations but without double buffering I might as well stick to EGA 320x200. Any opinions / remarks welcome at schilder@uva.nl