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- From: ZiMMER <amoeba@buttercup.cybernex.net>
- Subject: Re: Int 10h
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- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 01:46:20 GMT
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- Incorrect. I personally only use Int 10h for one thing and one thing
- only, and that's changing the video mode. Once the mode is set
- (usually mode 13h or a tweak thereof), I never touch the interrupt
- again. Int 10h is incredibly inefficient - you can't get any decent
- hardware speed from it whatsoever. My advice - Use it to set modes,
- and do the rest manually through the VGA registers.
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- Of course, using VGA registers is lot faster, (pixel plotting like things)
- But it's often hard to program through VGA registers. In this case,
- changing default fonts, there is no need for speed, and mostly need for
- efficiency. I would not recommend using VGA registers to reset the font.
- No thanks. Int 10h sounds much easyer in this case.
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- But VGA registers have their uses of course. I have no doubt.:)
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