Video Modes - Revision history

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	== Video Modes ==		== Video Modes ==

	* [[#Monochrome]]		* [[#Monochrome\|Monochrome]]
	* [[#Hercules]]		* [[#Hercules\|Hercules]]
	* [[#CGA]]		* [[#CGA\|CGA]]
	* [[#PCjr]]		* [[#PCjr\|PCjr]]
	* [[#Tandy]]		* [[#Tandy\|Tandy]]
	* [[#EGA]]		* [[#EGA\|EGA]]
	* [[#VGA]]		* [[#VGA\|VGA]]
	* [[#SVGA]]		* [[#SVGA\|SVGA]]

	=== Monochrome ===		=== Monochrome ===
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	=== EGA ===		=== EGA ===
	The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter Enhanced Graphics Adapter] (EGA) released in 1984 as a replacement for [[CGA]]. EGA was standardized, allowing third-party cards to be created.<br>		The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter Enhanced Graphics Adapter] (EGA) released in 1984 as a replacement for CGA. EGA was standardized, allowing third-party cards to be created.<br>
	The EGA card allowed 16 colors simultaneously from a palette of 64 potential colors.		The EGA card allowed 16 colors simultaneously from a palette of 64 potential colors.

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	=== SVGA ===		=== SVGA ===
	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_VGA Super VGA] (SVGA) was a non-standardized term for graphics cards that extended the [[VGA]] standards. SVGA was most commonly used to achieve 256 colors at a 640x480 resolution or 16 colors at 800x600 resolution. Attempts to standardize SVGA through VESA modes were attempted, however not all games supported this.<br>		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_VGA Super VGA] (SVGA) was a non-standardized term for graphics cards that extended the VGA standards. SVGA was most commonly used to achieve 256 colors at a 640x480 resolution or 16 colors at 800x600 resolution. Attempts to standardize SVGA through VESA modes were attempted, however not all games supported this.<br>
	DOSBox generally emulated SVGA via the S3 Trio which supports VESA VBE 2.0, which was the last VESA standard before VESA VBE 3.0 which focused on Windows acceleration<ref>https://devtidbits.com/2008/03/16/dosbox-graphic-and-machine-emulation-cga-vga-tandy-pcjr-hercules/</ref>. Other SVGA garphics cards such as the Tseng Labs ET3000 & ET4000 series and the Paradise PVGA1A are also options. A no-line frame buffer hack (nolfb) mode is provided to emulate the ability to disable line buffer capability of the UniVBE utility.		DOSBox generally emulated SVGA via the S3 Trio which supports VESA VBE 2.0, which was the last VESA standard before VESA VBE 3.0 which focused on Windows acceleration<ref>https://devtidbits.com/2008/03/16/dosbox-graphic-and-machine-emulation-cga-vga-tandy-pcjr-hercules/</ref>. Other SVGA garphics cards such as the Tseng Labs ET3000 & ET4000 series and the Paradise PVGA1A are also options. A no-line frame buffer hack (nolfb) mode is provided to emulate the ability to disable line buffer capability of the UniVBE utility.

Crypt1cMayh3m at 13:11, 25 October 2024

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			[[Category:Emulated Hardware]]

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	=== SVGA ===		=== SVGA ===
	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_VGA Super VGA] (SVGA) was a non-standardized term for graphics cards that extended the [[VGA]] standards. SVGA was most commonly used to achieve 256 colors at a 640x480 resolution or 16 colors at 800x600 resolution. Attempts to standardize SVGA through VESA modes were attempted, however not all games supported this.<br>		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_VGA Super VGA] (SVGA) was a non-standardized term for graphics cards that extended the [[VGA]] standards. SVGA was most commonly used to achieve 256 colors at a 640x480 resolution or 16 colors at 800x600 resolution. Attempts to standardize SVGA through VESA modes were attempted, however not all games supported this.<br>
	DOSBox generally emulated SVGA via the S3 Trio which supports VESA VBE 2.0, which was the last VESA standard before VESA VBE 3.0 which focused on Windows acceleration<ref>https://devtidbits.com/2008/03/16/dosbox-graphic-and-machine-emulation-cga-vga-tandy-pcjr-hercules/</ref>.		DOSBox generally emulated SVGA via the S3 Trio which supports VESA VBE 2.0, which was the last VESA standard before VESA VBE 3.0 which focused on Windows acceleration<ref>https://devtidbits.com/2008/03/16/dosbox-graphic-and-machine-emulation-cga-vga-tandy-pcjr-hercules/</ref>. Other SVGA garphics cards such as the Tseng Labs ET3000 & ET4000 series and the Paradise PVGA1A are also options. A no-line frame buffer hack (nolfb) mode is provided to emulate the ability to disable line buffer capability of the UniVBE utility.

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	=== SVGA ===		=== SVGA ===
	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_VGA Super VGA] (SVGA) was a non-standardized term for graphics cards that extended the [[VGA]] standards. ~~As a term, it~~ was ~~also often~~ used ~~interchangeably~~ to ~~describe~~ 800x600 resolution ~~graphics~~.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_VGA Super VGA] (SVGA) was a non-standardized term for graphics cards that extended the [[VGA]] standards. SVGA was most commonly used to achieve 256 colors at a 640x480 resolution or 16 colors at 800x600 resolution. Attempts to standardize SVGA through VESA modes were attempted, however not all games supported this.<br>
			DOSBox generally emulated SVGA via the S3 Trio which supports VESA VBE 2.0, which was the last VESA standard before VESA VBE 3.0 which focused on Windows acceleration<ref>https://devtidbits.com/2008/03/16/dosbox-graphic-and-machine-emulation-cga-vga-tandy-pcjr-hercules/</ref>.

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	=== VGA ===		=== VGA ===
	The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array Video Graphics Array] (VGA) card was introduced in 1987 and quickly became the primary mode for gaming. It was the last video mode to be standardized, which meant most games of the era had support for it.		The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array Video Graphics Array] (VGA) card was introduced in 1987 and quickly became the primary mode for gaming. It was the last video mode to be standardized, which meant most games of the era had support for it.<br>
			VGA allowed the simultaneous display of 256 colors.

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	=== SVGA ===		=== SVGA ===
			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_VGA Super VGA] (SVGA) was a non-standardized term for graphics cards that extended the [[VGA]] standards. As a term, it was also often used interchangeably to describe 800x600 resolution graphics.

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	The EGA card allowed 16 colors simultaneously from a palette of 64 potential colors.		The EGA card allowed 16 colors simultaneously from a palette of 64 potential colors.

	Graphics modes~~<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter</ref>~~:		Graphics modes:
	* 640×350 w/16 colors (from a 6 bit palette of 64 colors), pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.		* 640×350 w/16 colors (from a 6 bit palette of 64 colors), pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.
	* 640×350 w/2 colors, pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.		* 640×350 w/2 colors, pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.

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	The EGA card allowed 16 colors simultaneously from a palette of 64 potential colors.		The EGA card allowed 16 colors simultaneously from a palette of 64 potential colors.

	Graphics modes:		Graphics modes<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter</ref>:
	* 640×350 w/16 colors (from a 6 bit palette of 64 colors), pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.		* 640×350 w/16 colors (from a 6 bit palette of 64 colors), pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.
	* 640×350 w/2 colors, pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.		* 640×350 w/2 colors, pixel aspect ratio of 1:1.37.

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	=== SVGA ===		=== SVGA ===

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