Format of VGA memory

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From: Eric A. Raymond
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 1990 00:07

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Actually it's the MCGA 640x480x2 mode which is also implemented on the
VGA in which I'm interested.  Basically,  I would like to know how
this memory is arranged so that I may manipulate it directly.

I'm pretty sure its base adderess is B800:0000.  There seems to be
some odd echoing of bits going on.  That is, there are two bits for
each pixel, one in each byte of a word, so when I draw a pixel at 0,0,
the WORD at B800:0000 changes to 80 80 (or is this just an artifact of
my debugger).

FYI, I'm implementing some low level routines to scroll and invert
regions on the screen.  I have some routines implemented by Turbo C's
getimage and putimage routines, but they are sloooooow.

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Eric A. Raymond  (raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
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