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Pascal/Delphi Source File
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1993-05-28
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{
I couldn't find your original message, but you could use this code fragment to
save and restore a Text-mode screen.
}
(* global Vars *)
Var
vidSeg : Word;
oldScr : Array[0..3999] of Byte;
Function GetVidSeg : Word;
Var
mode : Byte;
seg : Word;
begin
seg := 0;
mode := Mem[0 : $449];
if (mode = 7) then seg := $B000;
if (mode <= 3) then seg := $B800;
if (mode in [4..6]) or (mode > 7) then begin
(* the Program is not in the correct Text mode *)
Halt(1); (* return errorlevel of 1 *)
end;
GetVidSeg := seg;
end;
(* main Program *)
begin
vidSeg := GetVidSeg;
Move(Mem[vidSeg : 0], oldScr[0], SizeOf(oldScr));
(* the above line copies 4000 Bytes starting at $B000 : 0 For mono.
or $B800 For colour into the Array 'oldScr' *)
ClrScr;
WriteLn('Press ENTER to restore the screen...');
Readln;
Move(oldScr[0], Mem[vidSeg : 0], SizeOf(oldScr));
(* the above line copies the Array to video memory to restore the
old screen *)
end.
{
As you can see, video memory starts at offset 0 of either of two segments. If
the computer is colour, Text screen memory starts at $B800 : 0000 and if the
computer is mono/herc, it starts at $B000 : 0000. It is 4000 Bytes long. Why?
Because there are 2000 Characters on the screen (80 x 25), and each Character
gets a colour attribute (foreground, background, (non)blinking). The top-left
Character, at row 1, column 1, is [vidSeg] : 0, and the next Byte,[vidSeg] : 1,
is the attribute For the Character, so the memory is laid out like this:
(offset 0) Char, attr, Char, attr, Char, attr.......Char, attr (offset 3999)
}