How to mod the VMWare BIOS (Phoenix) to support portrait VESA resolutions?

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by XOL2, May 16, 2015.

  1. XOL2

    XOL2 MDL Novice

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    Or even one portrait VESA resolution would be OK.

    I can extract the BIOS 440 ROM, and I can interrogate it using a free tool which allows me to access many files, including Display0.rom. That's as far as I have got.

    I have read about a tool calledPhoenix Corebuilder for NoteBIOS (corebuilderp.exe). Despite being free in 2006 it seems hard to find now. I don't know what it does but it sounds interesting and relevant. Apparently it was on Intel's FTP servers from 2005-2007 so if anyone knows of an archive or out-of-date mirror please let me know.

    I'd be interested to read about other options as well. Maybe a different BIOS entirely or something else would work. I'm sure this must be possible, even if it's hard.

    Cheers