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BIOS for graphics cards
Video BIOS is the BIOS of a graphics card in a computer. It initializes the graphics card at the computer's boot time. It also implements INT 10h interrupt and VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) for basic text and videomode output before a specific video driver is loaded. In UEFI 2.x systems, the INT 10h and the VBE are replaced by the UEFI GOP. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Video BIOSA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Bike boys, drag queens & superstarsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Feature point tracking and trajectory analysis for video imaging in cell biologyCited 1,368 times
- Go sideways: VESA BIOS ExtensionsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: INT 10HA closely related topic
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📚 Books worth reading
Bike boys, drag queens & superstarsJuan Suarez · 1996- 📕Le vrai visage du MasqueJacques Baudou · 1900
Bearing witnessPhilip Rosen, Nina Apfelbaum · 2001
Sega Genesis Secrets, Volume 4Rusel DeMaria, Donn Nauert · 1993- 📕MTV Music Television, who's who in rock videoMaxim Jakubowski, John Tobler · 1983
Bio FreaksBradyGames · 1998- 📕MTV Music Television, who's who in rock videoMaxim Jakubowski, John Tobler · 1984
N64 Magazine Double Game Guide +, No. 11 · 1998
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