05-10-2005, 03:57 PM
05-10-2005, 08:01 PM
I just did a quick read through of this and it seems like there is quite a bit of good stuff. Thanks for the link!
-gunder
-gunder
05-11-2005, 01:32 AM
makes me want to pull out dos for a second and try coding 
05-11-2005, 11:45 PM
This is untrue:
WIDTH 80, 50 should work on any VGA-compatible display adapter; it does not require gfxlib.
If anybody could report instances of this not working, I'll fix it.
BTW, the DOS gfxlib2 driver is progressing steadily - I've implemented ModeX (320x240x8), and linear and banked VESA drivers are on the way. (Linear VESA mode should be essentially as fast as the Win32 gfxlib without hardware acceleration with well-written code, i.e. code that does not draw to the visible page but uses page flipping instead.)
Quote:also, in text mode, you seem to be stuck with 80x25 for now, if there is another way to change the text resolution, width does not appear to work the same way.
WIDTH 80, 50 should work on any VGA-compatible display adapter; it does not require gfxlib.
If anybody could report instances of this not working, I'll fix it.
BTW, the DOS gfxlib2 driver is progressing steadily - I've implemented ModeX (320x240x8), and linear and banked VESA drivers are on the way. (Linear VESA mode should be essentially as fast as the Win32 gfxlib without hardware acceleration with well-written code, i.e. code that does not draw to the visible page but uses page flipping instead.)
05-12-2005, 02:33 AM
interesting rel
edit: and awesome, dr, didn't read your message
edit: and awesome, dr, didn't read your message
05-14-2005, 10:48 PM
they say on there about peek and poke not being available in fb. they are through the djgpp/dpmi interface but dont ask me to explain, im still figuring it out myself! my vesa and mouse librarys are sitting static at the moment cause no bugger seems able to explain __tb and segment use. just a simple thing like getting vesa mode info is a big headache
Sub GetModeInfo(mode)
dim c as integer
_farsetsel(_dos_ds)
for c=0 to len(ModeInfo)-1
_farnspokeb(((__tb)+c) AND &H000FFFFF, 0)
next c
Regs.x.AX = &H4F01
Regs.x.CX = mode
regs.x.di= __tb AND &H0F
regs.x.es=(__tb shr 4) AND &HFFFF
__dpmi_int &H10, @regs
dosmemget(__tb, len(ModeInfoBlock), @modeinfo)
End Sub
doenst work, wont work, isnt working etc!
Sub GetModeInfo(mode)
dim c as integer
_farsetsel(_dos_ds)
for c=0 to len(ModeInfo)-1
_farnspokeb(((__tb)+c) AND &H000FFFFF, 0)
next c
Regs.x.AX = &H4F01
Regs.x.CX = mode
regs.x.di= __tb AND &H0F
regs.x.es=(__tb shr 4) AND &HFFFF
__dpmi_int &H10, @regs
dosmemget(__tb, len(ModeInfoBlock), @modeinfo)
End Sub
doenst work, wont work, isnt working etc!