Colin Davidson wrote:
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> > I think a plain VGA-only emulation is all that's required, and then
> > provide a special driver for the guest OS to enable the use of higher
> > resolutions and provide greater speed. (Just like VMware in fact).
>
> Yuck!!! If I have to run in VGA modes (800 x 600 max!) I just wouldn't use
> Plex86. I rather bite the bullet, pay the bucks and have two systems. I
> can't conceive of running windows in less than 1024 x 768. I also rather
> like 24+ bit colour. If VMware only supports VGA, it sucks. Glad I didn't
> buy it.
>
Have you tried VMWare? It is really rather good. I run it every day for
Office97 etc.
VMWare provide a special 'toolkit' for Windows guest OS's that includes
a special SVGA driver. This special driver lets you use any resolution
you like, and is reasonably fast too, since it probably has hooks
directly into the VMWare app.
The driver doesnt pretend to emulate any existing card, but appears (to
windows) to be a new graphics card. The device manager lists it as
'VMware, Inc. SVGA'. Before you install this driver in the guest WinXX
OS, windows just uses plain ol' 640x480x16 VGA, which is indeed, yuck.
I haven't tried running X under linux as a guest OS, but I'm sure VMware
provide a special X server (which you run on the guest OS, not the
host!) for this purpose.
Jeff
