UniVBE(tm) - The Universal VESA BIOS Extension ---------------------------------------------- Version 5.1 Copyright (c) 1993-1995, SciTech Software, Chico, CA. All Rights Reserved. UNIVBE v5.1, the Universal VESA BIOS driver, makes super VGA cards compatible with VESA BIOS Extension (VBE 2.0) programming standards so that games, CD-ROMs, utilities and other applications will work properly (and faster) in high resolution modes. It also includes chip detection, power management, monitor centering and compatibility & performance testing utilities. It now supports over 160 different SVGA chips (see list below). NOTE: VESA VBE is a software standard, so even if you have a PCI graphics card, you still need to load a VESA VBE driver; VBE is different from VESA Local Bus. It just makes your graphics run better -------------------------------------- Computer games and other interactive applications (e.g. AutoDesk Animator, Links/386, MS Flight Simulator, the 7th Guest and *many* others) use the VESA VBE standard to interface with your graphics card. UniVBE helps solve compatability and performance problems associated with VBE graphics on many different Super VGA cards on the market. In addition, since it supports the new VESA VBE 2.0 standard, UniVBE can make applications written to take advantage of VBE 2.0, significantly faster by using protected mode access to the graphics card. UniVBE is the first product that will let you take advantage of the power of VBE 2.0. Supported Chips --------------- The following is a list of supported SuperVGA families, and chipsets within each family. If your graphics chip is on this list, and it probably is, it can be detected by UniVBE. You may not see any "board vendors" like Hercules, Genoa, Orchid, STB etc, but their products actually use chips from the manufacturers on this list, so UniVBE will work perfectly with those VGA boards too. See UNIVBE.TXT for any technical notes on your particular chip. . Acer Labs ALi CAT-32/64 . Ark Logic ARK1000VL, ARK1000PV, ARK2000PV . Avance Logic AL2101/2201/2228/2301/2302/2364 SuperVGA . Ahead V5000A, V5000B . ATI Technologies 18800, 28800, Mach32, Mach64 . Chips & Technologies 82c45x, 655xx, 643x0 WinGine . Cirrus Logic CL-GD62xx, 5402, 5422/4/6/8/9, 5430/4 . Cirrus Logic LCD CL-GD64xx . Compaq IVGS/AVGA, QVision QV1024/1280 . Diamond Viper P9000+W5186/OAK87 VLB and PCI . Everex Viewpoint, Viewpoint/NI, Viewpoint/TC . Genoa Systems GVGA . Hualon HMC86304/14 . IIT AGX-010/11/14/15/16/17 . Matrox MGA Atlas . MXIC 86000/86010 SuperVGA . NCR 77C20/21/22E/32BLT . OAK Technologies OTI-037C/057/067/077/087 . Paradise/Western Digital PVGA1A, WD90C1x/2x/3x . Primus 2000 SuperVGA . RealTek RTG3103/3105/3106 SuperVGA . S3 86c911/924/801/805/928/864/964/866/868/968/Trio32/Trio64 . Sierra Semiconductor Falcon/64 . Trident 88/8900/9x00/8900CL/8900D/9200CXr/9400CXi/9420DGi/9440AGi . Tseng Labs ET3000, ET4000, ET4000/W32/W32i/W32p . UMC 85c408/18 . Video7 VEGA, HT208/209/216 . Weitek 5086/5186/5286, P9100 File Descriptions ----------------- If you received the complete UniVBE shareware package, you should have the following files when you unzip the main archive file (UNIVBE51.ZIP): FILE_ID.DIZ BBS Archive Description README.TXT Extended Archive Description ORDER.TXT Product ordering information INSTALL.EXE DOS Installation & Setup Program BIN.001 A zipped library of UniVBE utilities DOC.001 A zipped file containing the documentation DOS.001 A zipped library with UniCenter DOS.002 A zipped library with DOS DPMS utilities WIN.001 A zipped library with Windows screen saver UNZIP.EXE Unzip program used by INSTALL Installing the Software ----------------------- UniVBE comes with its own install program which will automatically unzip the remaining files into a directory that you select. It will automatically detect the type of chip you have and prompt you before it makes any changes to your system configuration and you have the option not to make any of the changes. NOTE: Unzip the files into a temporary directory with a name *other* than C:\UNIVBE, as install will automatically attempt to install to C:\UNIVBE. Printing the documentation -------------------------- If you have a word processing program such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, you can load the 'Rich Text Format' version of the UniVBE documentation called UNIVBE.RTF into your word processor and print out a fully formatted manual for UniVBE. Alternatively you can read the plain ASCII text version of the documentation (UNIVBE.TXT) online using a text editor and/or print it to any plain ASCII text printer. Documentation : UNIVBE.TXT, UNIVBE.RTF Keywords : SciTech,VGA,SVGA,games,VBE,VESA,graphics,driver Previous Dnlds : 10,145+ Where to get the latest version ------------------------------- You can always get the latest version of UniVBE from the following places: Internet/FTP : ftp.scitechsoft.com World Wide Web : http://www.scitechsoft.com Compuserve : GO VESA (file library 12) America Online : Keyword VESA How to contact SciTech Software ------------------------------- If you have any questions or queries about UniVBE, feel free to contact SciTech Software as follows: Technical Support SciTech Software 5 Governors Lane, Suite D Chico CA, 95926-1989 Phone: 916 894-8400 Fax: 510 208-8026 Internet: support@scitechsoft.com Compuserve: 100237,2213