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- \ VIDEO.HLP Direct VIDEO Screen output by Tom Zimmer
-
- VIDEO-SEG ( --- a1 )
- A variable that holds the segment value of the display screen.
-
- ATTRIB ( --- a1 )
- A variable that holds the value of the current display
- attributes. The value 7 is the default for normal video.
-
- ?VMODE ( --- N1 )
- Read the current video mode from the BIOS. A value of 7 is
- normal for monochrome, and a value of 2 is a CGA board.
-
- INITMONO ( --- )
- A defered word that gets set later, and is used to do the
- monochrome display attribute control initialization
- ( it sets the >ATTRIBx words. ). See the file MONOCROM.SEQ.
-
- INITCOLOR ( --- )
- A defered word that gets set later, and is used to do the
- color display attribute control initialization ( it sets the
- >ATTRIBx words. ). See the file MONOCROM.SEQ, and COLOR.SEQ.
-
- VMODE.SET ( --- )
- Set the VIDEO-SEG variable after testing the current video
- mode, and perform any needed initialization required by
- executing the INITMONO, or INITCOLOR as needed.
-
- VTYPE ( string length x y -- )
- A direct screen type. The text "string" is blasted to the
- current display for "length", starting at screen column x
- and row y. The cursor is left positioned at the end of the
- text string.
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