dalegass@dalcsug.UUCP (Dale Gass) (03/31/88)
Could someone send me a rundown on what the EGA card hardware registers are? Thanks, -dalegass@dalcsug
jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) (04/02/88)
In article <418@dalcsug.UUCP> dalegass@dalcsug.UUCP (Dale Gass) writes: >Could someone send me a rundown on what the EGA card hardware registers are? .... There are several dozen registers, many of which piggy-back, that is that the value you write to one PIO address determines which register you are talking to when you write to another. The only complete writeup I have seen is the IBM technical reference manual, which is quite obscure. The best writeups have been in journals like PC magazine. Try looking through the readers guide to periodical literature at your library under IBM or EGA for references to exact issues.
james@sunne.Sun.COM (04/05/88)
The IBM Technical Reference for the EGA only costs about $9. It has all the gory details, without much explanatory text. I just found a trade paperback called "Programming the EGA and VGA" or something close. It described all you ever wanted to know about the beasts. I forget the accurate title, but I'll bet if you call Computer Literacy Bookshop in Sunnyvale, CA, they will recognize it- they had a stack there. ----james James Triplett Sun Microsystems, Lexington, Mass jtriplett@sun.com ...sun!sunne!james
james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) (04/07/88)
In article <14600001@sunne.nesales>, james@sunne.Sun.COM writes: > The IBM Technical Reference for the EGA only costs about $9. It has all the > gory details, without much explanatory text. [...] The IBM manual isn't even worth the $9 (I thought it cost more than that). Wretched piece of work. PC Tech Journal has had fairly good articles on the EGA too. -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!ut-sally!uastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746
bkliewer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (04/08/88)
I believe you are referring to my book, EGA/VGA A Programmer's Reference Guide (McGraw-Hill). I've been told the initial printing is sold out but it is going to a second printing any minute now. Bradley Dyck Kliewer bkliewer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu I hope this message came through okay, I don't work wonders on large systems.
schmitz@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu (04/08/88)
The best reference that I have seen is "Programmer's Guide to IBM PC and PS/2 Video Systems" from Microsoft press. Examples are given to show how one actually uses the several EGA read and write modes. I think the author is R. Wilton, but I don't have the book here to verify. IBM's document is so terse that it's practically useless unless you are an expert already. +=============================================================================+ | Michael Schmitz University of Illinois Dept. of CS (217) 333-6680 | | | | arpa schmitz@b.cs.uiuc.edu | | csnet schmitz@uiuc.csnet | | usenet ihnp4!uiucdcs!schmitz | +=============================================================================+
schmitz@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu (04/10/88)
> /* Written 12:00 am Apr 8, 1988 by bkliewer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu in uiucdcsb:comp.sys.ibm.pc */ > > > I believe you are referring to my book, EGA/VGA A Programmer's Reference > Guide (McGraw-Hill). I've been told the initial printing is sold out but > it is going to a second printing any minute now. > > Bradley Dyck Kliewer > bkliewer@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu > > I hope this message came through okay, I don't work wonders on large systems. > /* End of text from uiucdcsb:comp.sys.ibm.pc */ No, there really is a book by Richard Wilton from Microsoft Press on Hercules/EGA/VGA! --Michael