Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 16:32:24 +0100 (MET)
From: Jan Safranek <xsafran2 AT informatics DOT muni DOT cz>
To: konference <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>, listserv AT muni DOT cz
Subject: Virtual screen in ALLEGRO
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I use allegro 2.11 with 640x480 graphics and
I need 4 "pages" - I initialize graphics with
set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 640, 480, 640, 4*480)

But if I display VIRTUAL_H and VIRTUAL_W, I get 1024 x 1024. This size of
virtual screen support only 2 "pages" so I must always swap pages from/to
memory and it slows down the program.

Is it bug in allegro or in VESA standard? (I tested it on 6 computers with
VESA 2.0)