Re: Text mode video operations

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > Speaking of video operations... does anybody know where I can find > > some decent VGA programming documentation? (Or, if possible, someone > > who knows a few obscure details.) A lot of old VGA card manuals had the basic programming instructions, usin

Re: Text mode video operations

> Speaking of video operations... does anybody know where I can find > some decent VGA programming documentation? (Or, if possible, someone > who knows a few obscure details.) > > I specifically need to know, if possible, how to display hardware- > rendered character- and software-rendered pixel

Re: Text mode video operations

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bsd_appliance@bemail. org writes: >I specifically need to know, if possible, how to display hardware- >rendered character- and software-rendered pixel-based images on the >same display at the same time. This is not possible with straight VGA. If the graphics aren'

Text mode video operations

>I was wondering why VESA_800x600 refreshes to 80x25 and figured out, >that > >>size[0] = 80; /* columns */ >>size[1] = 25; /* rows */ >> >>for mode SW_VESA_800x600 (line 319 of src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol.c). >>A screen resolution of 800x600 would make >> >>size[0] = 100; /* columns */ >>size[