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From: Marc <marc AT aargh DOT franken DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.programming,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Printing strings in VGA 13h mode (or other graphical mode)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:18:52 +0000
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> > An easy way to get fonts is boot up dos and copy the fonts in the BIOS
> roms.
> 
> Aren't they copyright 1981 IBM?
> Design your own; they'll look better.

Would it be copyright breachment to copy the fonts into RAM during initialization,
then disabling DOS and using the RAM copy?  I think no.

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