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Appendix B – Video Modes
The Chips & Technologies VGA BIOS supports many standard, VESA, and
extended modes. The following tables list the standard and extended video modes,
and whether or not they are supported by CRT, TFT active color, and STN passive
color displays.
Standard Modes
IBM Mode
VESA Mode
# of Colors
Pixels
Display
Mode
CRT
TFT
STN
00
Not Supported
16/256
320x200
text
Supported
Supported
Supported
01
Not Supported
16/256
320x350
text
Supported
Supported
Supported
02
Not Supported
16/256
640x200
text
Supported
Supported
Supported
03
Not Supported
16/256
640x200
text
Supported
Supported
Supported
04
Not Supported
4/256
320x200
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
05
Not Supported
4/256
320x200
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
06
Not Supported
2/256
640x200
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
07
Not Supported
mono
720x350
text
Supported
Supported
Supported
0D
Not Supported
16/256
320x200
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
0E
Not Supported
16/256
640x200
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
0F
Not Supported
mono
640x350
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
10
Not Supported
16/256
640x350
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
11,20
Not Supported
2/256
640x480
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
12
Not Supported
16/256
640x480
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported
13
Not Supported
256/256
320x200
graphics
Supported
Supported
Supported