Re: any pages listing text mode resolutions of video cards?

["Daniel B." <dsb@smart.net>]

Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2007 7:24 AM, Daniel B. <dsb@smart.net> wrote:
> > Kelly Clowers wrote:
> > > On Nov 11, 2007 7:46 PM, Daniel B. <dsb@smart.net> wrote:
> > > > I've been having trouble finding out the text-mode resolutions of
> > > > video cards.  Does anyone know of a good compilation of that
> > > > information?
> > > Here is a list of modes:
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers
> > >
> > > I think any card that supports VESA probably has to support
> > > 1280x1024 and 24 bits (see the table higher up on that page)
> > Actually, I was talking about text-mode resolutions (as I wrote
> > above), not graphics-mode resolutions.
>
> Ok, I found it in that Wikipedia article:
>
> Modes 264-268 (vesa's numbers, not the kernel's) are text modes.
> 264 (0108h) is 80x60, 265 (0109h) is 132x25
> 266 (010Ah) is 132x43, 267 (010Bh) is 132x50
> 268 (010Ch) is 132x60.


Actually, what I meant was the text-mode resolutions supported by
specific video cards.  That is, information usable to choose which
card to get.  My old card did 132x60.  My new card did 132x44.  In
case I buy a new card, I want to know which modes a given card
supports.  I haven't been able to find that information.  (I haven't
found any compilation for multiple cards; the manufacturer's page
for my new card doesn't mention the text modes.)

Daniel
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