From:	a DOT gillett AT virgin DOT net (Andrew R. Gillett)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro graphics driver detection
Date:	Mon, 6 Jul 1998 00:32:08 +0100
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, article <199807050025 DOT BAA30100 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>, 
George Foot (george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
> On  5 Jul 98 at 0:17, Andrew R. Gillett wrote:
> 
> > What video driver is better than VESA 2 (other than VBE/AF, perhaps)? 
> > Maybe you're talking about the standard specific card drivers, but I've 
> > found them to be no faster, and often less reliable.
> 
> They're faster than VESA 1 -- isn't that the point?

Drawing the pixels onto the screen manually with a pencil is faster than 
VESA 1.

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Andrew Gillett
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