
This directory contains several utilities not directly linked to
SVGATextMode, but in one way or another usefull to SVGATextMode users.


Ultra2Linux:

	A utility to convert UltraVision fonts to Linux fonts.  Ultravision
        is a commercial (!) DOS program with similar functionality as
        SVGATextMode. Those of you who bought a copy of Ultravision should
        be able to use this tool to convert some fonts from Ultravision to
        the linux format used by "setfont" (also in this directory). 
        Author: Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com).
        

diamond:

        External clock setting program for Diamond cards using the
        ICD2061a clock chip. 
        should be obsoleted by "clockchip icd2061a" option.


v7mercury:
        
        (Could be obsoleted by "clockchip ics2595" option. But I'm not sure.
         Left it in for now.)

	A clock setting program for the SPEA Video 7 Mercury cards. It uses
	an ICD2061 clock chip, and is unsupported internally in
	SVGATextMode. The "freq" program (hacked from the Diamond version)
        enables you to set the pixel clock of such a card using the
        "Clockprog" line in the TextConfig file.
        Author: Andreas Beck (becka@hp.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de)
         

setfont:

	A small tool to set the text mode font. It was taken from the
        "keytbls" package included in the Slackware distribution. It can
        also be found in the "kbd-0.87.tar.gz" package (or any newer
        version) available on many FTP sites that carry Linux software.
        Authors: Eugene Crosser & Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)


vgaset:

	Another hacking tool. It can be used to fine-tune text modes (or
        X-Windows graphics modes). It allows you to move the screen
        position, set sync widths, and many more. See the documentation in
	the vgaset directory for more information.
	Author: Greg Lehey (grog@lemis.de)


svgalib:

        Some sample applications of how the tools from SVGATextMode can be
        used in svgalib. 
        
        'et4000.grab_svgalib_mode' is a script to grab an svgalib-compatible
        mode from your vga card. It outputs a block of text you can put into
        the libvga.config file.
        
        'libvga.et4000-320x200x16M' contains a libvga.config entry for an
        320x200 mode with 16M colors, which is normally unavailable for
        those cards (they have 640x400 at 16M colors, but that makes those
        MPEG files as big as stamps.)

