Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:32:05 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Q: Forcing mode CO80
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> Can anyone exhibit for me a snippet of code that retrieves the current
> video mode code number and one that sets an arbitrary video mode by number?

For getting the mode, either call function 0Fh of interrupt 10h, or
look at _farpeekb(_dos_ds, 0x449).  For setting the mode, call
function 0 of interrupt 10h.