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RB> > I can do very fast textmode video reads and writes > by accessing the video memory at B800:0000. RB> Fast is a relative term, especially when you consider that text-mode video RAM is often accessed at a far slower speed than normal RAM. But putting that issue aside ... RB> > Also, how do interrupts work under OS/2? Under speed > pascal/2, i tried to put in the following code: > > ASM > mov ah, 1 > mov ch, 3 > xor cl, cl > int 10h > END; RB> It wouldn't have worked, even had Speed Pascal been able to compile it. You don't mess around with registers and interrupts and all of that rubbish when calling the OS/2 API. You simply make function calls. You should have header files, units, or whatever, supplied with your compiler that declare all of the functions in the OS/2 API. Read the documentation. > JdeBP < ___ X MegaMail 2.10 #0: --- Maximus/2 3.00* Origin: DoNoR/2,Woking UK (44-1483-725167) (2:440/4) SEEN-BY: 270/101 620/243 711/401 409 410 413 430 807 808 809 934 955 712/407 SEEN-BY: 712/515 517 628 713/888 800/1 7877/2809 @PATH: 440/4 141/209 270/101 712/515 711/808 809 934 |
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