19 Dec
2007
19 Dec
'07
6:41 a.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
80*25 and 40*25.
So, there's a lot of cards out there that do 132 column mode. Back when
I actually used text-mode (in Linux), almost every machine I tried with
a PCI VGA card had some 132xblah video modes.
These cards can't really be considered VGA. They're actually SVGA, and
it's a de-facto standard for SVGA cards to produce the Hercules
resolutions without complaint. A real VGA won't. At least it won't on
any of the first-generation VGA machines I have in the pile.
Peace... Sridhar
As far as I
know there are no **STANDARD** PC text video modes
that give 132 columns.
What was *standard* for the time of these cards? ....I have a couple of Everex MicroEnhancer EGA
boards with a
boatload of additional modes....
So what?