From: Simon <simon AT magicsoftware DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: old VGA laptop mode 13h problems
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:18:22 +0000
Organization: Customer of Planet Online
Lines: 17
Message-ID: <367FC64E.1700@magicsoftware.freeserve.co.uk>
References: <367FA2C8 DOT 5358 AT magicsoftware DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> <544D6877B2500D6F DOT 7DF10C2EE8B2EC2E DOT FE964E9DC2B3FE57 AT library-proxy DOT airnews DOT net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-122.fluorine.dialup.pol.co.uk
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: news7.svr.pol.co.uk 914343614 20278 62.136.4.122 (22 Dec 1998 16:20:14 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Dec 1998 16:20:14 GMT
X-Complaints-To: abuse AT theplanet DOT net
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I)
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

jdm wrote:
> 
> Simon wrote in message
> <367FA2C8 DOT 5358 AT magicsoftware DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>...
> >Hello , I am writing a set of libraries for a university project
> >I am going away for a few days and have borowed an old
> >386 laptop for coding (yes I know its ridiculously slow) but I need
> >to use it, anyway I have probems setting any screen mode from
> 
> Oh, another thing.  Is it a color laptop?  Mode 13 is a color mode.
> 
> jdm

Yes its color , and its definately VGA (I used this mode before when
writing 16bit code a few years ago on this laptop), thanks for your
pointers but I think Shawn answered adequetly , thanks anyway
Simon