23 Dec
2007
23 Dec
'07
9:10 p.m.
Hi Jim,
I had no issues at all working with VESA. It made my
life easier
because I didn't have to support 30+ different chipset variants....
I'm quite surprised you claim to have jad trouble
with VESA....
After some 12+ years or so I really don't remember the exact details of the
problems I had back then. What I do remember ****VIVIDLY**** though, is that
VESA, for me at least, was a MAJOR pain in the arse (or more likely, buggy
implementations of it).... :-(
I might be able to remember more were I not: a) suffering from the worst
bout of flu I've ever had {3 weeks and counting}, b) recovering from carbon
monoxide poisoning, and c) suffering from nicotine withdrawal (I gave up
smoking recently because of "a" and "b", LOL).
So, if I sound grumpy at the moment, it's because I am...!
Still, when was life ever easy? ;-)
>....since all this stuff is obsolete and available
at little or
>no cost.
Actually, thanks to the popularity of Linux, VESA is
put into every
ATI and nVidia card still being made....
Actually, I was thinking in terms of ISA bus SVGA cards. Should've been a
bit clearer on that point, sorry.
....Run VESAINFO on your modern card if you don't
believe me....
I'll take your word for it. :-)
For me, a modern PC clone is merely a tool for getting a job done and
_nothing_ more. I have absolutely no interest **WHATSOEVER** in what lies
buried "under the hood" as it were (outside of specifying the bits which I
build it from), or tinkering with it, or whatever....
That's why I collect "classic" machines!
TTFN - Pete.