INT 10 - VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. SuperVGA BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. - SET SuperVGA VIDEO MODE AX = 4F02h BX = new video mode (see #04082,#00083,#00084) ES:DI -> (VBE(VESA BIOS Extensions) The common software interface for video cards providing support for high resolution and bit depth. 3.0+) CRTC information block, bit mode bit 11 set (see #04083) Return: AL = 4Fh if function supported AH = status 00h successful 01h failed Notes: bit 13 may only be set if the video mode is present in the list of accelerated video modes returned by AX=4F00h if the DAC(Digital-to-Analog Converter) A hardware device (in its simplest form, nothing more than a set of interconnected resistors) which converts a digital number into an analog signal whose voltage is proportional to the value of the digital number. VGAVideo Graphics Array and later color video boards use DACs to convert color values into the analog signals sent to the display; sound boards normally use DACs as well. supports both 8 bits per primary color and 6 bits, it will be reset to 6 bits after a mode set; use AX=4F08h to restore 8 bits SeeAlso: AX=4E03h,AX=4F00h,AX=4F01h,AX=4F03h,AX=4F08h (Table 00083) Values for VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. video mode: 00h-FFh OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer) a company which purchases components that are resold as part of its own products under the company's own brand name, e.g. a Gateway 2000-branded monitor may actually be a Mag or NEC monitor. video modes (see #00010 at AH=00h) 100h 640x400x256 101h 640x480x256 102h 800x600x16 103h 800x600x256 104h 1024x768x16 105h 1024x768x256 106h 1280x1024x16 107h 1280x1024x256 108h 80x60 text 109h 132x25 text 10Ah 132x43 text 10Bh 132x50 text 10Ch 132x60 text ---VBE v1.2+ --- 10Dh 320x200x32K 10Eh 320x200x64K 10Fh 320x200x16M 110h 640x480x32K 111h 640x480x64K 112h 640x480x16M 113h 800x600x32K 114h 800x600x64K 115h 800x600x16M 116h 1024x768x32K 117h 1024x768x64K 118h 1024x768x16M 119h 1280x1024x32K (1:5:5:5) 11Ah 1280x1024x64K (5:6:5) 11Bh 1280x1024x16M ---VBE 2.0+ --- 120h 1600x1200x256 121h 1600x1200x32K 122h 1600x1200x64K 81FFh special full-memory access mode Notes: the special mode 81FFh preserves the contents of the video memory and gives access to all of the memory; VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. recommends that the special mode be a packed-pixel mode. For VBE(VESA BIOS Extensions) The common software interface for video cards providing support for high resolution and bit depth. 2.0+, it is required that the VBE(VESA BIOS Extensions) The common software interface for video cards providing support for high resolution and bit depth. implement the mode, but not place it in the list of available modes (mode information for this mode can be queried directly, however). as of VBE(VESA BIOS Extensions) The common software interface for video cards providing support for high resolution and bit depth. 2.0, VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. will no longer define video mode numbers SeeAlso: #00010,#00011,#00084,#00191 Index: video modes;VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. (Table 00084) Values for S3 OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer) a company which purchases components that are resold as part of its own products under the company's own brand name, e.g. a Gateway 2000-branded monitor may actually be a Mag or NEC monitor. video mode: 201h 640x480x256 202h 800x600x16 203h 800x600x256 204h 1024x768x16 205h 1024x768x256 206h 1280x960x16 207h 1152x864x256 (Diamond Stealth 64) 208h 1280x1024x16 209h 1152x864x32K 20Ah 1152x864x64K (Diamond Stealth 64) 20Bh 1152x864x4G 211h 640x480x64K (Diamond Stealth 24) 211h 640x400x4G (Diamond Stealth64 Video / Stealth64 Graphics) 212h 640x480x16M (Diamond Stealth 24) 301h 640x480x32K Note: these modes are only available on video cards using S3's VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. driver SeeAlso: #00083,#00191,#00732 at INT 1A/AX=B102h Index: video modes;S3 Format of VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. VBE(VESA BIOS Extensions) The common software interface for video cards providing support for high resolution and bit depth. CRTC Information Block: Offset Size Description (Table 04083) 00h WORD total number of pixels horizontally 02h WORD horizontal sync start (in pixels) 04h WORD horizontal sync end (in pixels) 06h WORD total number of scan lines 08h WORD vertical sync start (in scan lines) 0Ah WORD vertical sync end (in scan lines) 0Ch BYTE flags (see #04084) 0Dh DWORDDoubleword; four bytes. Commonly used to hold a 32-bit segment:offset or selector:offset address. pixel clock, in Hz 11h WORD refresh rate, in 0.01 Hz units this field MUST be set to pixel_clock / (HTotal * VTotal), even though it may not actually be used by the VBE(VESA BIOS Extensions) The common software interface for video cards providing support for high resolution and bit depth. implementation 13h 40 BYTEs reserved Bitfields for VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. VBE(VESA BIOS Extensions) The common software interface for video cards providing support for high resolution and bit depth. CRTC Information Block flags: Bit(s) Description (Table 04084) 0 enable double scanning 1 enable interlacing 2 horizontal sync polarity (0 positive, 1 negative) 3 vertical sync polarity (0 positive, 1 negative) SeeAlso: #04083