From:	brennan AT mack DOT rt66 DOT com (Brennan "The Rev. Bas" Underwood)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: The first problem (a horror series in 10 parts)
Date:	7 Oct 1996 16:10:28 -0600
Organization:	Rasterfari
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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In article <539hek$6vf AT ranger DOT interlink DOT no>,
Kim Robert Blix <norsk AT interlink DOT no> wrote:
>Hi there.. I've just started to use djgpp. (Made hello world yesterday, and
>it was only 80kb hehe.) And I've encountered a problem..
>
>Why doesnt this work?:
>
>asm(" movw $13,%ax
>      int $10
>    ");
>
>Asm I'm sure you can see, this is supposed to be a no-trouble, basic
>mode change to 320*200*256 chunky style, but I get a hang instead.

#include <dpmi.h>

void set_VGA_mode(int mode) {
  __dpmi_regs regs;
  memset(&regs, 0, sizeof regs);
  regs.x.ax = mode;
  __dpmi_int(0x10, &regs);
}

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