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Assembly Source File
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1988-08-18
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Copyright Michael Abrash, 1988. All Rights Reserved.
;
; Program to demonstrate the 4 text pages of the CGA.
;
; To demonstrate the 8 standard text pages of the VGA/EGA,
; change NUMBER_OF_PAGES from 4 to 8.
;
; To demonstrate the 16 text pages available on the VGA/EGA
; when display memory is relocated to A000, change NUMBER_OF_PAGES
; to 16 and change RELOCATE_TO_A000 from 0 to 1.
;
; To demonstrate that the upper 8 text pages can be displayed even
; when the CPU can't access them, change NUMBER_OF_PAGES to 16,
; RELOCATE_TO_A000 to 1, and RELOCATE_BACK_TO_B800 to 1.
;
; By Michael Abrash 5/22/88
;
NUMBER_OF_PAGES equ 4
RELOCATE_TO_A000 equ 0
RELOCATE_BACK_TO_B800 equ 0
PAGE_LENGTH equ 1000h ;number of bytes per page
if RELOCATE_TO_A000
DISPLAY_MEMORY_SEGMENT equ 0a000h
else
DISPLAY_MEMORY_SEGMENT equ 0b800h
endif
GC_INDEX equ 3ceh
GC_MISCELLANEOUS equ 6
CRTC_INDEX equ 3d4h
CRTC_START_ADDRESS_HIGH equ 0ch
CRTC_START_ADDRESS_LOW equ 0dh
stack segment para stack 'STACK'
db 512 dup (?)
stack ends
code segment para public 'CODE'
assume cs:code, ds:nothing
start proc near
;
; Set to text mode.
;
mov ax,3
int 10h
;
; Relocate display memory to A000 if necessary, by reprogramming
; the Graphics Controller's Miscellaneous register.
;
if RELOCATE_TO_A000
mov dx,GC_INDEX
mov al,GC_MISCELLANEOUS
out dx,al
inc dx
mov al,06h
out dx,al
endif
;
; Point to the segment that display memory is currently
; addressed at.
;
mov ax,DISPLAY_MEMORY_SEGMENT
mov es,ax
;
; Fill each of the text screens in turn with an appropriate character.
; (Page 0 is filled with "A", page 1 with "B", and so on.)
;
sub ax,ax ;start with page 0
mov bl,'A' ;base letter
FillPageLoop:
push ax
call FillPage
pop ax
inc ax
cmp ax,NUMBER_OF_PAGES
jb FillPageLoop
;
; Relocate display memory back to B800 if necessary,
; by reprogramming the Graphics Controller's Miscellaneous
; register, to illustrate the principle that it's possible to
; display the upper 8 pages even when the CPU can't access them.
;
if RELOCATE_BACK_TO_B800
mov dx,GC_INDEX
mov al,GC_MISCELLANEOUS
out dx,al
inc dx
mov al,0Eh
out dx,al
endif
;
; Display each of the text pages in turn, waiting for a key
; before going to the next page.
;
sub ax,ax
ShowPageLoop:
push ax
call ShowPage
call WaitKey
pop ax
inc ax
cmp ax,NUMBER_OF_PAGES
jb ShowPageLoop
;
; Done-perform a mode set to reset all paging and clear
; the screen, then return to DOS.
;
mov ax,3
int 10h
mov ah,4ch
int 21h
start endp
;
; Fills a text page with a corresponding character.
;
; Input:
; AX = text page
; BL = character for text page 0 (each text page
; is filled with character BL + text page #)
;
FillPage proc near
push ax ;save the page #
mov dx,PAGE_LENGTH
mul dx ;calculate the start offset of the page
; in the display memory segment
mov di,ax
pop ax ;get back the page #
add al,bl ;convert it to a unique letter
mov ah,7 ;attribute is white
mov cx,PAGE_LENGTH/2 ;page length as measured
; in character/attribute pairs
cld
rep stosw ;fill the page
ret
FillPage endp
;
; Programs the CRTC to display the desired text page.
;
; Input: AX = text page.
;
ShowPage proc near
mov dx,PAGE_LENGTH/2
mul dx ;start offset of the pages as
; measured in character/attribute
; pairs (which is how the CRTC
; counts in text mode)
mov dx,CRTC_INDEX ;point to the CRTC Index register
push ax
mov al,CRTC_START_ADDRESS_HIGH
out dx,al
inc dx ;point to the CRTC Data register
mov al,ah
out dx,al ;set the high start address byte
dec dx ;point to the CRTC Index register
mov al,CRTC_START_ADDRESS_LOW
out dx,al
inc dx ;point to the CRTC Data register
pop ax
out dx,al ;set the low start address byte
ret
ShowPage endp
;
; Waits until a key is pressed.
;
WaitKey proc near
mov ah,1
int 16h
jz WaitKey
sub ah,ah
int 16h ;clear the key
ret
WaitKey endp
code ends
end start