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Article #565Mode Y. I'm only a year behind :-)
From: Mike Battersby
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 07:54
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 07:54
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Since having only just recently discovered the joys of VGA
graphics, and still being a relative novice to the world of such,
I have a a question for those of you who can beat origin at their
own game :-) And if this seems annoying to anyone, well tough luck,
since I figured thats what an area like this is for, to learn things,
not just for hugely advanced discussion.
Okay, the question is this.. How to set mode Y? I figure all
that you'd need to do is set mode 13 and then turn of chaining? Is
this right or is there more to it? I have seen the following code and
have wondered about it.
mov ax,13h ; set ordinary 320x200 mode 13h
int 10h
mov dx,3d4h ; turn off doubleword mode
mov ax,0014h
out dx,ax
mov dx,3c4h ; turn off chaining
mov ax,0604h
out dx,ax
Can someone please explain what the hell the
(a) double word and (b) Count by 4 bits do, and also how something
which in the books I've seen is called Odd/Even and Extenede Memory
(bits 2 and 1 of sequencer index 4) has to do with chaining?
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