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Super VGA
1988
The extended range of PC graphics cards that surpassed VGA, adding higher resolutions and more colours under the VESA standards.
Emulators
| Emulator | Type | License | Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOSBox ECE | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| DOSBox Pure | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| DOSBox Staging | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| DOSBox-X | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
| PCem | downloadable | GPL-2.0 | Website ↗ |
Reference & documentation
External technical references for programming Super VGA and for writing emulators.
| Resource | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| VESA VBE 3.0 Core Functions Standard ↗ | Datasheet | Canonical VESA BIOS Extension specification, all functions |
| VESA VBE 2.0 Core Functions Standard ↗ | Datasheet | VBE 2.0 spec: modes, mode-info, protected-mode interface |
| Ralf Brown's Interrupt List: INT 10 VESA VBE 4F00 ↗ | Interrupt list | VESA SuperVGA BIOS int 10h functions and buffers |
| FreeVGA: Accessing the VGA Registers ↗ | Programming | I/O port and indexed register access procedures |
| SuperVGA/VESA Programmer's Notes ↗ | Programming | Bank switching and VESA VBE programming techniques |
| FreeVGA: Standard VGA Chipset Register Reference ↗ | Reference | CRTC, sequencer, graphics, attribute, DAC register groups |
| FreeVGA Project: VGA/SVGA Hardware Reference ↗ | Reference | Low-level VGA and Super VGA chipset documentation hub |