setting vga mode in protected mode

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setting vga mode in protected mode

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How can I set the VGA mode in protected mode?! This is driving me insane!
Appreciate it.
Guest

RE:setting vga mode in protected mode

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>On 2001-08-06 18:26:56, Anonymous wrote:
>How can I set the VGA mode in protected mode?! This is driving me insane!
>Appreciate it.

You should be able to port Tauron VGA utils
to pmode
http://home.onestop.net/kinfira/tauron/tauron.ftml
Chase

RE:setting vga mode in protected mode

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>On 2001-08-06 18:26:56, Anonymous wrote:
>How can I set the VGA mode in protected mode?! This is driving me insane!
>Appreciate it.

Two ways.
Direct register access of the vid card.
Or better way since you will probably need it for other BIOS services.
Setup a VM86 task and some fancy exception handling to allow
you to call standard Real Mode Int services. (It's a pain)

-Chase
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RE:setting vga mode in protected mode

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Thanks, guys.
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