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to: RICHARD BARTLET
from: Phil Crown
date: 1995-11-22 10:17:18
subject: Video Memory

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 RB> I know in DOS programming, I can do very fast textmode video reads and
 RB> writes by accessing the video memory at B800:0000. Is there any
 RB> equivelent to this under os/2 textmode? Also, how do interrupts work
 RB> under OS/2? Under speed pascal/2, i tried to put in the following code:

Use the Vio* API for reading/writing text mode apps, its very fast!  The
docs for it are in PRCP.INF, which is available as PRCP.ZIP or INF16BIT.ZIP
on many OS/2 BBS'es.

phil.crown{at}bluecafe.com

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