Re: Dual Monitor Switching

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From: Bryan John Jalowitz
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1991 14:10

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In article <18300@milton.u.washington.edu> roger@wrq.com (Roger Fulton) writes:
>Well, this is really getting interesting now.
>First we have this:
>
[summary of most of discussion deleted]
>> > Yes, there is.  In addition to setting the video mode,
>> > you need to also update the equipment flag at 0040:0010
>> > appropriately: xx10xxxx for color, xx11xxxx for mono
>> > (where 'x' means leave it alone).  Also, you should account
>> > for the fact that color systems have a different maximum
>> > cursor line count than mono systems (so you should save and
>> > restore the cursor when changing video modes).

I tried this last night and it works like a charm.  Many thanks
to Roger and everyone who joined the discussion.

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