Date   : Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:16:24
From   : "Tim Matthews" <tim.matthews@...>
Subject: Re: poorly master

> On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 05:17:24PM +0100, Wright, Chris wrote:
> > Out of interest, whats the difference between 'MODE 7' and 
> 'MODE 135' ?
> 
> MODE 135 is a shadow mode, which means that the framebuffer 
> is located outside the 'main' 32K of RAM, leaving more RAM 
> free for programs (HIMEM is always &8000 when you are in a 
> shadow mode).  There are shadow versions of all modes, to 
> find the shadow version of a mode you add 128 to the standard 
> mode number.  For example the shadow version of MODE 1 is MODE 129.

Shadow as in only available when shadow ram is installed?
(Excuse my ignorance!)

tim.

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