Locating Video Memory

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From: Paul Cohen
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 16:34

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Where does text video memory start?  It used to be that it started 
at 0xB000:0 for monochrome and at 0xB800:0 for color cards.  With
VGA this seems to no longer hold true for all text video modes.

Is there some reliable way to find out?

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From: pec@necntc.nec.com (Paul Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Locating Video Memory
Keywords: VGA, Video
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Date: 19 Apr 91 16:34:21 GMT
Organization: NEC Electronics Inc.  Natick, MA 01760
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