From: Dean Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: direct access of text screen for mode 0x03 Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 20:48:16 -0800 Organization: The Zipsters Lines: 16 Message-ID: <32C0B210.1BC6@zip.com.au> Reply-To: deanh AT zip DOT com DOT au NNTP-Posting-Host: nip11.zip.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Can I directly access the screen in mode 0x03 (normal text mode) so that I can write charicters directly to the screen, and if so (or if not for that matter...) ho do I change the default background/foreground colours so that I can have different colours all over the place:) Also, if I can't acces the screen directly (though I can't really see any reason why not) can I still put stuff on the screen without printf or whatever? Any help would really be appreciated... ------------------------------------------------------- Dean Harding deanh AT zip DOT com DOT au http://www.zip.com.au/~deanh -------------------------------------------------------