2026-08-22 22:58 UTC
@howtophil@mastodon.social @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org unfortunately, the S3 Virge strikes again: it doesn't support VESA fully enough without the UNIVBE TSR (which essentially hotpatches the card's BIOS in RAM) under DOS for NetBSD's VESA support :ac_laughter:
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@gourd@indieverse.social 2026-08-22 23:04
@howtophil@mastodon.social @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org I must emphasize how much the Virge was never good: it performed worse than software rendering when it was new. Plus I had to flash a modified video BIOS to it to fix a bug in the stock one causing terrible black levels in the video output. It was just cheap and beloved by OEMs so they could put "has a 3D accelerator" on the box. :ac_laughter: (It is a pretty decent card for 2D DOS gaming, though.)