Re: Re: EGA card programming

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From: John Jacobsen
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1986 02:24

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>> Can anyone provide me with info on programming graphics for EGA cards?  
>> ...

What kind of information is desired?  Font programming?  BIOS modes?  Video
pages?  Writing to video memory?  Color tables?  There are a couple of good
articles in recent issues of PC Magazine (_Exploring the EGA_ by Charles
Petzold) that one might look into - - these are written for someone with   
some assembly language experience.

Programming the EGA is not as easy as the CGA and it is infinitely more 
pleasant to do so using pre-written graphics routines.  Unfortunately,  I
don't think a good enough assortment of routines exists for this hardware.
Unless you like programming down to the bloody bone (hardware level) getting
results on your own from this beast is less than pleasant.

John E. Jacobsen 
Madison Academic Computing Center -- University of Wisconsin

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