Reply 20 of 25, by jtchip
vanfanel wrote on 2023-05-16, 12:26:Well, VINFO doesn't report any video modes on HD 500, but there's this "AdvanceCAB" set of utilities, available here: http://mir […]
Well, VINFO doesn't report any video modes on HD 500, but there's this "AdvanceCAB" set of utilities, available here:
http://mirrors.arcadecontrols.com/AdvanceMAME … b-download.htmlThe inlcuded utility called VGA.EXE can detect these modes on the HD 500:
report7.jpg
However, after loading this "VGA" TSR, Prince of Persia is still unable to find the VGA, and Aladding still works like this:
report7.jpg
..which leads me to think that HD 500 is reeeeaaaally flawed for DOS, way beyond VESA modes availability.
I can't actually get VINFO to work on 3 machines I tried, or in DOSBox, so I found an alternative, PC Player 3D Benchmark, which will report VBE modes with PCPBENCH /MODES. Here's the output from a Vortex86DX2 (shortest list from the 3 machines I tried but still includes the important modes):
VESA VBE Version: 3.0 (RDC)
Auflősung 8bpp 15bpp 16bpp 32bpp
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640x 480 101 111 112
720x 480 126 127 128
800x 600 103 114 115
1024x 768 105 117 118