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Article #145Re: Where is the screen memory in a CGA 8088?
From: Torkil Hammer
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 01:05
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 01:05
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In article <25FA99BD.29545@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) writes: #In article <517@ohs.UUCP> bhan@ohs.UUCP (Bruce Hansen) writes: #$The subject pretty much tells it all. I want to be able to poke() #$a character right into the screen memory so it will show up on the #$screen as soon as it is poked. I read in an Al Stevens book that this #$memory starts at b800 for an 8086, but, as that location #$does not work for me, I assume it is different for the 8088. # # Regardless of processor type, CGA memory starts at b800. Note that Watch out. I think it is b8000 or something like that, not b800.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!jarthur!uunet!psivax!torkil From: torkil@psivax.UUCP (Torkil Hammer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: Where is the screen memory in a CGA 8088? Message-ID: <3341@psivax.UUCP> Date: 20 Mar 90 01:05:48 GMT References: <517@ohs.UUCP> <25FA99BD.29545@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Distribution: usa Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 11