• VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) is a VESA standard, currently at version 3, that defines the interface that can be used by software to access compliant video...
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  • INT 10H (category BIOS)
    or INT 16 is shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 10hex, the 17th interrupt vector in an x86-based computer system. The BIOS typically sets up a real mode...
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  • management specifications. Subsequent revisions were included in future VESA BIOS Extensions. The standard defines how to signal the H-sync and V-sync pins in...
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    the computer's boot time. It also implements INT 10h interrupt and VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) for basic text and videomode output before a specific video...
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    Super VGA (category VESA)
    uptake of Super VGA cards, which motivated VESA to produce a unifying standard, the VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE), first introduced in 1989, to provide...
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  • UniVBE (short for Universal VESA BIOS Extensions) is a software driver that allows DOS applications written to the VESA BIOS standard to run on almost any...
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    computing, BIOS (/ˈbaɪɒs, -oʊs/, BY-oss, -⁠ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is firmware...
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    video bus (akin to the more recent Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)) VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE), used for enabling standard support for advanced video modes...
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  • system—especially game software). BIOS runs in the real address mode (Real Mode) of the x86 CPU, so programs that call BIOS either must also run in real mode...
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    rate) for a computer's display controller by using VESA BIOS Extensions or UEFI Graphics extensions (on more modern computers). The display mode is set...
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  • 1985) BIOS extension Enhanced BIOS (LBA) VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Extended BIOS. If an...
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    offered by SVGA adapters. An attempt at creating a standard named VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) was made, but not all manufacturers used it. When the 386 was...
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  • for the virtual console (based on the standard modes defined by VESA BIOS extensions). Also the Linux kernel framebuffer driver contained mode-setting...
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    List of 16-bit computer color palettes (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
    true-color modes. In the 1990s, most manufacturers adhered to the VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE), used for enabling standard support for advanced video modes...
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    games because these chips were quite slow and had limited and buggy VESA BIOS Extensions implementations. While the GUI accelerator was very capable, drivers...
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    driver Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units Fastra II VESA BIOS Extensions von Eitzen, Chris (18 June 2012). "Free NVIDIA graphics driver reaches...
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    Timeline of computing 1980–1989 (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
    of major SVGA card manufacturers, was formed and introduced the VESA BIOS Extensions standard. September US Apple Computer Macintosh IIci released based...
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  • VBE may refer to: VESA BIOS Extensions, a video board software standard .vbe, the filename extension for VBScript Vila das Belezas (São Paulo Metro), the...
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  • display functions and software controlled interface. Beyond display modes, the VESA industry organization has defined several standards related to power management...
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  • 1996/02 AT Attachment ATA/ATAPI-7 2005 ATX 2.3 2007/03 BIOS Boot Specification 1.01 1996/01 BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Specification (INT 13H) 3.0 1998/04/20...
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  • device driver (vidstub.sys) to access the display directly using VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE), unlike other bootscreen changers which alter the boot screen...
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    33 MHz. VLB: An extension of ISA, it is a 32-bit bus clocked at 33 MHz. Also referred to as VESA. PCI: Replaced the EISA, ISA, MCA and VESA buses from 1993...
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    OpenBIOS is used as the firmware. QEMU emulates the following PREP peripherals: PCI bridge PCI VGA-compatible graphics card with VESA Bochs Extensions Two...
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    monitor. Certain combinations of width and height are standardized (e.g. by VESA) and typically given a name and an initialism which is descriptive of its...
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  • SNAP. SciTech SNAP Graphics version 2 also included VBETest/Lite - VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) Compliance Test version 8.00. It was later removed in SciTech...
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    any other cards that contain their own BIOS or other ROM are problematic, although video cards conforming to VESA Standards may be used for secondary monitors...
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    only the great technical challenge of crafting a BIOS that duplicated the function of the IBM BIOS exactly but did not infringe on copyrights. The two...
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    IBM PC Series (category Pages using the EasyTimeline extension)
    (SelectaBus) through a replaceable riser-card, offering the choice of either VESA Local Bus/ISA or PCI/ISA. Within the 300 series the following models appeared:...
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  • SMBIOS—System Management BIOS SMIL—Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language S/MIME—Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions SMP—Supplementary Multilingual...
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    Architecture (EISA), was not very successful, however. Later buses such as VESA Local Bus and PCI were used instead, often along with ISA slots on the same...
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