From: "Sérgio Vale e Pace" <space AT gold DOT com DOT br>
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Subject: Re: fats VESA bank switch
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 19:05:42 -0200
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Shawn Hargreaves wrote:

> Sérgio Vale e Pace writes:
> >    What is faster, bank switch trought interrupt or switch to real
> >mode and use the direct routine.
>
> I don't think it will make any difference which method you use, because
> they will both be very slow. To do fast bank switching you need to use
> the VBE 2.0 protected mode code stubs, which can be copied into your own
> address space and then called directly.

I know, but some people don't have a VBE 2.0 graphic board, so, when avaliable I
intend to use it but when not, I must use de old fashion VBE 1.2, then I want to
know witch one is less horrible?

Sérgio Vale e Pace