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to: HUGH NOLAND
from: FRANS FLIPPO
date: 1997-12-23 17:38:00
subject: Simple Dos/Bios calls

On Wednesday December 17 1997 at 12:42, Hugh Noland wrote to
to Frans Flippo about Simple Dos/Bios calls:
 HN>    mov ah,9
 HN>    mov al,'A'
 HN>    mov bh,0            ;text page number, usually 0
 HN>    mov bl,0eh          ;bg and fg color attributes
 HN>    mov cx,1            ;print character just once
just curious: is any checking done here..? if i try to put 70 characters
starting from the lower right corner of my screen (24,79 or so), what 
ppens?
 HN> output a yellow A on a black background at the cursor position,
 HN> but will not advance the cursor.  To do that you need
 HN> more code:
   ....
I will save this, but what you showed me above is all i need for now..
Thank you for replying.
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