Re: off topic - Assembler using GCC

[Oleg Krivosheev <kriol@fnal.gov>]

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, ivan wrote:

> INT 10h is the video BIOS - I want to set the video mode directly.
> 
> By using INT 10h I don't have to learn and programme the card registers -
> the BIOS takes care of this.
> 
> Why is the video bios not available from protected mode ?

that's how the thigs are in the Intel world. All PM apps has
troubles talking to the real mode code.

> Does this mean that making superfast graphics (as in DOS "demo's") is out
> of the question ?

BIOS and "superfast" ? Are you kidding?

> 
> Ivan.
> 
> 

OK