tim@acich.UUCP (Tim Lowe) (10/08/87)
Here is a question concerning IBM's VGA in text mode:
Character generation appears to be done using a
text cell of 16 rows by 9 columns, but uses a character
generator table consisting of 16 byte entries for
each character. The ninth column is blank except
for character codes 0xC0 through 0xDF, for which it
is a copy of the eighth column.
This is different from EGA text mode, which uses
a 14 row by 8 column text cell.
The question:
Is there any way to get text-mode operation out of
the VGA with programmable character sets using an
8-column text cell on the screen?
Or, is there a way to enable replication of column 8
into column 9 in the present VGA text mode for character
codes outside the range 0xC0-0xDF?
I can't seem to get my hands on a VGA Tech Ref. (I'm begining
to wonder if such an animal exists.
Hal Snyder
Automated Concepts Inc.
respond to: Tim L Lowe
UUCP: ..ihnp4!acich!tim
PSTN: 1-312-346-8640
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Tim L Lowe
Automated Concepts Inc.
UUCP ..ihnp4!acich!{utim}!tim
PSTN: 1-312-346-8640