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Int 10 Fn 4F01 - VESA SuperVGA BIOS - Get Supervga Mode Information [V]
AX = 4F01h
CX = SuperVGA video mode
ES:DI -> 256-byte buffer for mode information (see below)
Return: AL = 4Fh function supported
AH = status
00h successful
ES:DI buffer filled
01h failed
Desc: determine the attributes of the specified video mode
See Also: AX=4F00h,AX=4F02h
Format of mode information:
Offset Size Description
00h WORD mode attributes
bit 0: mode supported
bit 1: optional information available
bit 2: BIOS output supported
bit 3: set if color, clear if monochrome
bit 4: set if graphics mode, clear if text mode
02h BYTE window A attributes
bit 0: exists
bit 1: readable
bit 2: writable
bits 3-7 reserved
03h BYTE window B attributes (as for window A)
04h WORD window granularity in KB
06h WORD window size in KB
08h WORD start segment of window A
0Ah WORD start segment of window B
0Ch DWORD -> FAR window positioning function (equivalent to AX=4F05h)
10h WORD bytes per scan line
---remainder is optional for VESA modes in v1.0/1.1, needed for OEM modes---
12h WORD width in pixels (graphics) or characters (text)
14h WORD height in pixels (graphics) or characters (text)
16h BYTE width of character cell in pixels
17h BYTE height of character cell in pixels
18h BYTE number of memory planes
19h BYTE number of bits per pixel
1Ah BYTE number of banks
1Bh BYTE memory model type (see below)
1Ch BYTE size of bank in KB
1Dh BYTE number of image pages
1Eh BYTE reserved (0)
---VBE v1.2+---
1Fh BYTE red mask size
20h BYTE red field position
21h BYTE green mask size
22h BYTE green field size
23h BYTE blue mask size
24h BYTE blue field size
25h BYTE reserved mask size
26h BYTE reserved mask position
27h BYTE direct color mode info
28h 216 BYTEs reserved (0)
Values for memory model type:
00h text
01h CGA graphics
02h HGC graphics
03h 16-color (EGA) graphics
04h packed pixel graphics
05h "sequ 256" (non-chain 4) graphics
06h direct color (HiColor, 24-bit color)
07h YUV (luminance-chrominance, also called YIQ)
08h-0Fh reserved for VESA
10h-FFh OEM memory models
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