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@Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:18:18 +0200
Subject: Re: What does VESA mean & why doesn't it ever work? [IMP copy]
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dsbrain{at}neosplice.com schreef:

>Can someone please explain why all SVGA VESA compatible cards default to 1990
>16-color VGA only in both Win9X & OS/2?
>
Because for anything else than 16 colours needs  a specific driver.

>  What the heck is this standard for if
>not to give SVGA minimum (800x600 256-color) to all video cards?
>
Because anything alse than 640*480 does needs a  speceific driver too.

>
>TIA for any light on this, it's been driving me crazy for years!
>
You better forget about it, because it's not going to change. This is an 
cast-iron certainty, as much as we never will have a proper driver for 
our aha-3940UW is an cast-iron certainty.


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Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris



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