Write text to the console in protected mode (no interrupts)

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MagicalTux
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Write text to the console in protected mode (no interrupts)

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Ok, something bad again...

Is ther a way to either :
  • Display a character on the console (without realmode help)
  • Know the memory location of the console (to put text on it)
In fact I discovered recently that my display code wasn't portable, so I don't have any debug output on some kinds of machines...

EDIT: Sorry about this post, I found my answer by searching more ;)

For those who wonder what the answer is, 0xb8000 is the default memory location.
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Re: Write text to the console in protected mode (no interrup

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MagicalTux wrote: For those who wonder what the answer is, 0xb8000 is the default memory location.
For colour text modes, yes. 0xb0000 is used for monochrome text modes.

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