DOS ain't dead

working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos (Developers)

posted by bretjohn  , Rio Rancho, NM, 26.04.2013, 18:34

> says (old) GET-EDID will not work with bigger EDID data structures (> 128
> bytes), which i'm assuming newer monitors will likely have.

Actually, no. EDID version 2.0 (with a 256 byte structure) had a very short lifespan. It was deprecated and replaced by version 1.3 (that's right, the version numbers went backwards for an "upgrade" -- that tells you something very unflattering about the standards process).

Version 1.3 allows for multiple 128-byte "extension blocks" in addition to the main 128-byte block, which allows for the same information provided in version 2.0 and more. My EDID program doesn't decode the extension blocks -- I've never had a monitor that reported extension blocks that I could use for testing (and I've never had a version 2.0 monitor, either). I think all modern monitors use version 1.3, if they're EDID-compatible at all.

There's also been talk for awhile of replacing EDID with something new, but AFAIK it hasn't actually happened yet.

Complete thread:

• working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 22.04.2013, 21:17
  • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 22.04.2013, 23:26
    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 23.04.2013, 17:47
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 23.04.2013, 22:25
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 23.04.2013, 23:40
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Doug, 24.04.2013, 05:49
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 24.04.2013, 12:43
            • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 24.04.2013, 18:32
              • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 24.04.2013, 19:34
                • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 24.04.2013, 20:05
                  • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 25.04.2013, 10:41
                    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Doug, 26.04.2013, 05:05
                      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 26.04.2013, 17:06
                      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 26.04.2013, 18:34
                      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 26.04.2013, 23:34
                        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Doug, 26.04.2013, 23:59
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Zyzzle, 24.04.2013, 06:42
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 24.04.2013, 10:52
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Laaca, 25.04.2013, 07:33
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - bretjohn, 24.04.2013, 18:38
    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 01.05.2013, 17:47
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 02.05.2013, 17:17
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 02.05.2013, 22:34
          • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - RayeR, 06.05.2013, 20:00
            • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 07.05.2013, 18:56
      • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - tom, 02.05.2013, 18:12
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 02.05.2013, 22:22
        • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - Zyzzle, 03.05.2013, 02:36
  • working in LESS than 1280*1024 under Dos - DOS386, 28.04.2013, 15:26
    • working in LESS than 1280*1024 under Dos - Damien, 01.05.2013, 17:53
  • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - freecrac, 28.08.2013, 06:27
    • working in more than 1280*1024 under Dos - freecrac, 28.08.2013, 06:29