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In <920604110653@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk> g.landini@uk.ac.bham (Gabriel Landini) writes:

>Is there any way in which I could use any of my Paradise chip video modes
>(SVGA) in QuickBASIC??
>Gabriel
><G.Landini@bham.ac.uk>

Yeah, I think so...
if you know what the VideoBIOS interrupts are, it should be pretty easy.
Unfortunatly, You may have to bypass QB's graphic functions :(
All you need to do is use the QB.QLB file to get access to them
Here's what you do:
dos prompt> QB /L

Here's the program (I don't know the Paradise mode #'s, so I've substituted
	Standard VGA #'s)

REM $INCLUDE: 'qb.bi'
REM That's the header for the interrupts

DIM regs as regtype 'CPU Register Type
'The following code is the same as:
'	MOV	ax,0000
'	INT	10h
regs.AX = &h13 'VGA 320x200x256
Interrupt &h10, regs, regs
'Computer is now in VGA mode
'Draw a dot:
MyPSET 160,100,1,0

Sub MyPSET (x,y,color,page)
	dim regs as regtype		'MOV AH,0ch
	regs.AX= (&h0c*256)+color	'MOV al,color
	regs.BX=page*256		'MOV bh,page
	regs.CX=x			'MOV cx,x
	regs.DX=y			'MOV dx,y
	Interrupt &h10,regs,regs	'INT 10h
end sub

That should do it.
If you choose a mode that QB doesn't support, you'll probably have to use a 
routine like MyPSET

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