From: rob89 AT my-deja DOT com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Dos char set(help!!)
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 19:24:09 GMT
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I am sorry to disturb you again, but none of the sites u mentioned has
any info on BIOS fonts. It only talks about different software
interrupts and function calls. Is there any other website which just
deals with the the fonts in detail (for a beginners?)..

Thanks,
Rob

In article <qdpgjscqt92ocp1k1d7mi8ffgqkkv2654q AT 4ax DOT com>,
  Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 01:22:14 GMT, rob89 AT my-deja DOT com wrote:
>
> >Thanks. Now I know more than I did before. Would it be possible to
get
> >some (any) documentation on BIOS (8x8) font? I have bits and pieces
of
> >information and I am not content with that. If I could get some hint
as
> >to where I could find a bit detailed description of BIOS font set
that
> >would be awesome!  I want to start from the BIOS fonts, once I get a
> >better understanding I would go to other fonts. I have already
searched
> >DJGPP mail archives for description on BIOS fonts but to no avail.
> >Could someone please help me out and let me know where to find the
> >relevant info and oblige...
>
> Ralf Brown's interrupt list
>   http://www.ctyme.com/rbrown.htm
>
> Int vectors 43H and 1FH contain the glyphs for the low 128 and high
> 128 characters of the active codepage.
>   http://www.ctyme.com/intr/rb-6076.htm <-- 43 (ASCII)
>   http://www.ctyme.com/intr/rb-2412.htm <-- 1f (depends on codepage)
>
> Everything you always wanted to know about VGA BIOS* can be found at
> the entry for Int 10:
>   http://www.ctyme.com/intr/int-10.htm
> For instance, this interrupt uploads a font into the VGA:
>   http://www.ctyme.com/intr/rb-0135.htm
>
> To download a copy of Ralf Brown's interrupt list, get this file:
>   http://www.ctyme.com/intr/intr.zip
>
> *but were afraid to ask
>
> --
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