Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/10/26/22:40:54
This must be a FAQ, I know...
How can you change the screen into a different(_text_) video mode with
djgpp? Basically, I'd like to switch the screen height to 28 lines
(assuming I'm on a VGA) and stay there. I'd fit more information on the
screen that way and the 28-line font is also nicer than the 25-line.
This is done in pdcurses, for example, by calling BIOS interrupt 0x11
with AL=0x11 and BL=0, then interrupt 0x12 with AL=2 and BL=0x30. But
pdcurses does this just internally when `restoring' the screen, it
doesn't provide any means to the outside, it seems. Is my only option
calling int86() to death?
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