3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives

S3 Trio 64V2 Graphics Controller Chip

Video Modes

Standard and Enhanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) modes are available. Hardware acceleration of graphical user interface (GUI) operations is provided, and acceleration for 8, 16 and 32-bit pixel depths.

The following table details the standard VGA modes which are currently implemented in the video BIOS. These modes are supported by standard BIOS functions. The video BIOS (which is mapped contiguously in the address range C0000h to C7FFFh) contains all the routines required to configure and access the graphics subsystem.

Standard VGA Modes

 

 

 

Interface

 

No. of

Vertical

Horizontal

Dot Clock

 

Mode No.

Standard

Resolution

Refresh

Refresh

 

Type

Colors

(MHz)

 

 

 

 

 

(Hz)

(kHz)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00h

VGA

text

40 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

00h*

VGA

text

40 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

00h+

VGA

text

40 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

28.322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01h

VGA

text

40 x 25 chars

16

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

01h*

VGA

text

40 x 25 chars

16

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

01h+

VGA

text

40 x 25 chars

16

70

31.5

28.322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02h

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

02h*

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

02h+

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

28.322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03h

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

16

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

03h*

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

16

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

03h+

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

16

70

31.5

28.322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04h

VGA

graphics

320 x 200

4

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

05h

VGA

graphics

320 x 200

4

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

06h

VGA

graphics

640 x 200

2

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07h

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

28.322

 

 

07h+

VGA

text

80 x 25 chars

b/w

70

31.5

28.322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0Dh

VGA

graphics

320 x 200

16

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0Eh

VGA

graphics

640 x 200

16

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0Fh

VGA

graphics

640 x 350

b/w

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10h

VGA

graphics

640 x 350

16

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11h

VGA

graphics

640 x 480

2

60

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12h

VGA

graphics

640 x 480

16

60

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13h

VGA

graphics

320 x 200

256

70

31.5

25.175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HP Vectra VL 5/xxx 5 manual Video Modes, Standard VGA Modes

Vectra VL 5/xxx 5 specifications

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