Category : C Source Code
Archive   : SVGAKT31.ZIP
Filename : READ.ME

The SuperVGA Test Library
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Version 3.1

7 Mar 1993

The SuperVGA Test Library is a set of routines for automatically detecting
a number of different SuperVGA chipsets, and performing bank switching
and extended page flipping on supported SuperVGA's.

This library was put together as a means of debugging and testing the
SuperVGA detection and bank switching code for the MegaGraph Graphics
Library. Hopefully people will be able to use this library to verify
that the code works on their system, or helping to fix the code so it
works if there are any problems.

The library has now been factorised into a set of 'real' libraries that
can be called from C. This was done to make it easy to use the routines in
your own C programs (for writing things like simple file viewers etc).

For space reasons this archive no longer contains the VGADOC package, nor
the set of vesa tsr's. You can obtain both these packages from the ftp
site below or from Simtel20.

The MegaGraph graphics library is a full featured graphics library for C and
C++ programming environments under the MS-DOS operating system, to be
publicly released in the near future (OS/2 2.0 version is currently being
worked on).

The Universal VESA TSR
----------------------

This package also contains the source and executables for the Universal
VESA TSR. This is a small TSR for providing the latest VESA BIOS extensions
for all the SuperVGA cards supported by this library. Please refer to the
file 'univesa.doc' for mor information.

Where to get the latest version
-------------------------------

You can probably get the latest version of the package from Simtel20 or
garbo (and their mirrors). However the absolute latest version will always
be available from the following ftp site:

godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au (131.170.14.2): kjb/MGL/svgakt??.zip

Corrections, updates and queries
--------------------------------

If you have any corrections or updates to the code in this package, or
you have any questions you would like asked, feel free to contact me
through one of the following methods.

Internet: [email protected]

Snail Mail:

Home: Kendall Bennett
15 Stevenson Street
Kew Victoria 3101
AUSTRALIA

Work: Kendall Bennett
RMIT Advanced Computer Graphics Centre
CITRI Building, 723 Swanston Street
Carlton Victoria 3053
AUSTRALIA

Credits
-------

Credits must be given where credits are due. Finn Thoegersen, the author
of the VGADOC package has provided me with results and corrections for
the code after testing it on more SuperVGA adapters than I could possibly
hope for. His VGADOC package along with John Bridges VGAKIT provided the
information without which this package would never have gotten started.

Also a number of people on the net have provided feedback on the package,
and I thank them for their help (there are too many to list 🙂

Files in distribution
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