jhhoward / MicroWeb

DOS Web browser for 8088 class machines
GNU General Public License v2.0
436 stars 31 forks source link

Paradise VGA extended video modes? #33

Open pawosm-arm opened 1 month ago

pawosm-arm commented 1 month ago

I've tried this program on my Amstrad PC 2086 with an SMC 8-bit ISA network card installed. It works really cool, but what it really lacks is the ability to work in a higher screen resolution. The Amstrad PC 2086 has the Paradise VGA controller installed onboard. With the VGAMODE.EXE I managed to switch to the 800x600x16 extended video mode (sadly, no other extended mode listed by VGAMODE.EXE has ever worked for me). The Paradise VGA was particularly popular in the late 1980's, so I suppose it is worth adding a support for it.