Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 07:21:54 +0600 (LKT)
From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
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To: Marp <marp AT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0>
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Subject: Re: Setting mode 13h
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On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Marp spoke the following immortal words,

> "Vermin" <ratspl AT hotmail DOT com> wrote in message
> news:jcXi5.1824$aK5 DOT 30439 AT news1 DOT online DOT no...
> > I've been coding gfx for a couple of years, but I've just(!) started
in
> > DJGPP. In Asm, all you do to set mode 13h is
> >
> > mov ax,13h
> > int 10h
> >
> 
> Be careful about using assembly code written for real mode. Although
this
> particular code would work under dpmi, it probably would not work in
other
> protected mode environments.

Actually the code should work on *all* dos protected mode environments,
because they all *have* to pass the call to real mode, and the bios will
take on from there onwards, and this call also doesn't involve any segment
registers so theres no problem here.

Best Wishes,
Grendel

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