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From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: IBM Extended Character Set...
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On Fri, 05 May 2000 01:56:33 -0500, "Thomas J. Hruska"
<shinelight AT crosswinds DOT net> wrote:

>Well, I have one of those off-the-wall questions that I would really love
>to have the answer to.
>
>I need to know the (real mode) address where the IBM extended character set
>resides (128-255).  Thanks in advance!

Checking http://www.ctyme.com/rbrown.htm :

One of the tables is pointed to at int 43h
The other table is pointed to at int 1fh

But you really should be designing your own fonts:
 1. The BIOS fonttables are in Codepage 437 or the similar CP 850,
    but text files (especially from Windows) tend to use Latin 1.
 2. The BIOS font lacks character (no pun intended).

>BTW, I'm working on a Font Manager/Maker that will be a substitute
>for Allegro's routines.  Grabbing the complete character set will
>make life a whole lot easier.

Shawn Hargreaves wrote ttf2pcx for Windows 95.  You might want to try
porting his code.

><pepe>I write strange programs...no?</pepe> :)

Pepe?  Never seen that tag.  What is it?

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