<s>
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
(	O
System	B-Application
Neutral	I-Application
Access	I-Application
Protocol	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
operating	O
system	O
portable	O
,	O
dynamically	O
loadable	O
,	O
native-size	O
32-bit/64	O
-bit	O
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
defines	O
the	O
architecture	O
for	O
loading	O
an	O
operating	O
system	O
neutral	O
binary	O
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
for	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
hardware	O
device	O
,	O
be	O
it	O
a	O
graphics	O
controller	O
,	O
audio	O
controller	O
,	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
controller	O
or	O
network	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
drivers	O
are	O
source	O
code	O
portable	O
between	O
different	O
microprocessor	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
binary	O
drivers	O
are	O
operating	O
system	O
portable	O
within	O
a	O
particular	O
microprocessor	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
SNAP	O
3.0	O
,	O
native	O
binary	O
SNAP	O
drivers	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
32-bit	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
CPUs	O
and	O
64-bit	O
x86-64	O
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
August	O
2002	O
,	O
SciTech	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
the	O
intention	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
Scitech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
driver	O
development	O
kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
SciTech	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
ceased	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
its	O
SNAP	O
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
technology	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
line	O
of	O
web	O
and	O
business	O
logic	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciTech	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
begin	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
buyer	O
for	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plans	O
of	O
SciTech	O
Software	O
in	O
2008	O
to	O
create	O
OpenSNAP	B-Application
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
driver	O
technology	O
,	O
are	O
therefore	O
no	O
longer	O
an	O
option	O
unless	O
Alt	O
Richmond	O
decides	O
to	O
pick	O
this	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
Arca	O
Noae	O
,	O
LLC	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Alt	O
Richmond	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
SNAP	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciTech	B-Application
Display	I-Application
Doctor	I-Application
6.5	O
included	O
a	O
replacement	O
video	O
driver	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
or	O
higher	O
,	O
which	O
works	O
with	O
any	O
hardware	O
supported	O
by	O
SDD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nucleus	O
Graphics	O
driver	O
was	O
later	O
incorporated	O
into	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
version	O
2	O
also	O
included	O
VBETest/Lite	O
-	O
VESA	B-Device
BIOS	I-Device
Extensions	I-Device
(	O
VBE	B-Device
)	O
Compliance	O
Test	O
version	O
8.00	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
removed	O
in	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
3	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
OpenGL	B-Application
tests	O
from	O
SciTech	B-Application
Display	I-Application
Doctor	I-Application
7	O
beta	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
GACtrl	O
Driver	O
Control	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
Scitech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
maintained	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
found	O
in	O
SDD	O
7	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
for	O
the	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
line	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
accelerated	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
CE	O
,	O
NT	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
XP	O
)	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
SMX	O
(	O
the	O
SunOS/Solaris	O
port	O
of	O
MINIX	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
On	O
Time	O
RTOS-32	O
,	O
Unununium	O
OS	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
hardware	O
included	O
video	O
processors	O
from	O
3dfx	O
,	O
3Dlabs	O
,	O
Alliance	O
Semiconductor	O
,	O
AMD	O
(	O
Geode	O
GX2	O
)	O
,	O
ARK	O
Logic	O
,	O
ATI	O
,	O
Chips	O
&	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Cirrus	O
Logic	O
,	O
Cyrix	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
InteGraphics	O
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
Matrox	O
,	O
NeoMagic	O
,	O
Number	O
Nine	O
,	O
NVIDIA	O
,	O
Oak	O
,	O
Philips	O
,	O
Rendition	O
,	O
S3	O
,	O
Sigma	O
Designs	O
,	O
Silicon	O
Motion	O
,	O
SiS	O
,	O
Tseng	O
Labs	O
,	O
Trident	O
,	O
VIA	O
,	O
Weitek	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
any	O
video	O
card	O
supporting	O
VBE	B-Device
1.2	O
or	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
does	O
not	O
offer	O
standalone	O
VBE	B-Device
driver	O
,	O
SNAP	O
driver	O
accelerates	O
applications	O
using	O
VBE	B-Device
calls	O
via	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SNAP	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
can	O
also	O
accelerate	O
VBE	B-Device
3	O
calls	O
,	O
if	O
DOS	B-Device
programs	O
is	O
run	O
in	O
Windows	O
DOS	B-Device
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SciTech	O
also	O
offer	O
SciTech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
"	O
PE	O
"	O
(	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
My	O
SciTech	O
site	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
registered	O
users	O
to	O
download	O
a	O
SNAP	O
driver	O
of	O
hardware	O
and	O
operating	O
system	O
specified	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Scitech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
PE	O
,	O
tools	O
GACtrl	O
,	O
GAMode	O
,	O
GAOption	O
,	O
GAPerf	O
DOS	B-Device
tools	O
are	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Scitech	B-Application
SNAP	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
,	O
it	O
provides	O
OS-independent	O
audio	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
easy	O
access	O
to	O
an	O
attached	O
display	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
program	O
it	O
directly	O
via	O
I²C	O
or	O
simply	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
monitor	O
's	O
EDID	B-General_Concept
record	O
.	O
</s>
