Re: off topic - Assembler using GCC

[Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@c2i.net>]

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

You can have superfast graphics (usually slightly faster than dos as you
now has 32-bit computing power to do the work)
You just don't use INT 10h for setting the mode, that's all.
Use svgalib.  You can then set a suitable mode and do what you want - fast.
quake runs well in linux :-)

Helge Hafting