VESA BIOS Extensions
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vesa-bios-extensions-168-12851463
title:
VESA BIOS Extensions
text:
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 boards at high resolutions and bit depths. This is opposed to the "traditional" INT 10h BIOS calls, which are limited to resolutions of 640×480 pixels with 16 colour (4-bit) depth or less. VBE is made available through the video card's BIOS, which installs some interrupt vectors that point to itself during boot up. Most newer cards implement the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Video board software standard
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions
date created:
2002-07-28T00:34:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T00:59:55Z
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