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VGA Memory Access Is Complicated

Under typical circumstances, these bits are programmed as a unit during a BIOS mode set. Yet all of these bits can be toggled individually, which creates a fairly large number of “undocumented” combinations. Because these combinations are not thought to be useful, the vast majority of VGA reference material just glosses over the details. The catch is that programmers can and do tweak the individual bits, which means that in order to achieve a 100% (or at least very high) degree of compatibility, VGA hardware or emulation needs to correctly implement the behavior of every single bit. But without adequate documentation, that’s not a trivial task.
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Everything you need to know about recently released UFO files
Just Show Us the Spaceships
Buzz Aldrin’s ‘unusual’ sightings and photos from the moon landings. What we learned from the first batch of the UFO files.
The UAP report so far

It is fashionable in the comments sections of blogs to call this topic a waste of time, but the serious people in the military and national security — most of whom do not cite alien presence — do not see it that way. And they will be releasing more materials. These materials are being released because some subsection of “the Deep State” wants to know what is going on. As do I.

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