From:	Damian Yerrick <MYNAMEISd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comNO2CANNEDHAM>
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Subject:	Re: Few GraphicQuestions
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Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:21:58 GMT
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 03:25:10 GMT, Wildbore <wildbore AT ns DOT sympatico DOT ca>
wrote:

>Ok first of off which is faster:
>the _farpokeb call
>or
>the nearptr hacks?

They're both about the same speed; _farpokeb gives a little more
safety, especially in a less protected environment such as Windows.

>Second, how can text be displayed in video mode?

Write your own puts() replacement. Make a bitmap for each glyph and
blit it to the screen.

Character vs. glyph: A glyph for the character 'A' is
   o
  o o
  o o
 o   o
 ooooo
o     o
o     o

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