From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
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Subject: Re: fprintf() and using under graphic modes
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 03:23:07 GMT
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"Chaos" <chengin AT alpha DOT net DOT pl> wrote in message
news:81hnbl$7jq$2 AT portraits DOT wsisiz DOT edu DOT pl...
>
> Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel napisał(a) w wiadomooci:
> <94339412201 AT out DOT newmail DOT net>...
> No way!! Long time ago I also had had CL 5434. I was really happy about it
> until apearing of S3 Virge.
> BTW. Do you know what the heck is VBE/AF statement for.

The "AF" stands for two-dimensional Accelerated Function.

> I thought about it too. If fprintf uses INT 0x10 (probably function
> 0x13) maybe it will work to instruct BIOS to position cursor on
> specific position (x and Y) the same way by INT 0x10. I've
> searched for such function.
> For me function 0x2 of INT 0x10 does that job:
>
> (input)
> => AH = 2
> => BH = number of video page.
> => DL, DH = X, Y of position of cursor.

In multiples of 8x16 cells. You won't be able to slide text
around smoothly on the screen if you use a printf() other than
sprintf(str, format, ...); customtextprint(str);


Damian Yerrick