💻 ** Enthusiast fixes 30-year issue with S3 graphics card — hacking the VBIOS fixes black levels by scalpelling out the Virge DX’s ‘pedestal bit’ **

A retro hardware enthusiast has demonstrated a fix that eliminates the washed-out appearance people witness when using 1990s graphics cards from S3.

🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/enthusiast-fixes-30-year-issue-with-s3-graphics-card-hacking-the-vbios-fixes-black-levels-by-scalpelling-out-the-virge-dxs-pedestal-bit

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