VGA PC: Multiple pages in Mode 13h?

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From: Jerry Shekhel
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:34

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Hello.  I'm very new to PC programming, and I'm wondering if it's possible
to have multiple pages in Mode 13h in a way that works on all VGA's.  I can
see how I can start the display at any address, but I can't see a way of
writing to a different page in Chain4 mode.  Since the lowest two address
bits determine the video plane, there's no way to specify the upper two
address bits, and I assume that they're always 00 in Chain4 Mode.  Is there
a way to change this?
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