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- ;
- ; *** Listing 2 ***
- ;
- ; Program to restore a mode 10h EGA graphics screen from
- ; the file SNAPSHOT.SCR.
- ;
- VGA_SEGMENT equ 0a000h
- SC_INDEX equ 3c4h ;Sequence Controller Index register
- MAP_MASK equ 2 ;Map Mask register index in SC
- DISPLAYED_SCREEN_SIZE equ (640/8)*350
- ;# of displayed bytes per plane in a
- ; hi-res graphics screen
- ;
- stack segment para stack 'STACK'
- db 512 dup (?)
- stack ends
- ;
- Data segment word 'DATA'
- Filename db 'SNAPSHOT.SCR',0 ;name of file we're restoring from
- ErrMsg1 db '*** Couldn''t open SNAPSHOT.SCR ***',0dh,0ah,'$'
- ErrMsg2 db '*** Error reading from SNAPSHOT.SCR ***',0dh,0ah,'$'
- WaitKeyMsg db 0dh, 0ah, 'Done. Press any key to end...',0dh,0ah,'$'
- Handle dw ? ;handle of file we're restoring from
- Plane db ? ;plane being written
- Data ends
- ;
- Code segment
- assume cs:Code, ds:Data
- Start proc near
- mov ax,Data
- mov ds,ax
- ;
- ; Go to hi-res graphics mode.
- ;
- mov ax,10h ;AH = 0 means mode set, AL = 10h selects
- ; hi-res graphics mode
- int 10h ;BIOS video interrupt
- ;
- ; Open SNAPSHOT.SCR.
- ;
- mov ah,3dh ;DOS open file function
- mov dx,offset Filename
- sub al,al ;open for reading
- int 21h
- mov [Handle],ax ;save the handle
- jnc RestoreTheScreen ;we're ready to restore if no error
- mov ah,9 ;DOS print string function
- mov dx,offset ErrMsg1
- int 21h ;notify of the error
- jmp short Done ;and done
- ;
- ; Loop through the 4 planes, making each writable in turn and
- ; reading it from disk. Note that all 4 planes are writable at
- ; A000:0000; the Map Mask register selects which planes are readable
- ; at any one time. We only make one plane readable at a time.
- ;
- RestoreTheScreen:
- mov [Plane],0 ;start with plane 0
- RestoreLoop:
- mov dx,SC_INDEX
- mov al,MAP_MASK ;set SC Index to Map Mask register
- out dx,al
- inc dx
- mov cl,[Plane] ;get the # of the plane we want
- ; to restore
- mov al,1
- shl al,cl ;set the bit enabling writes to
- ; only the one desired plane
- out dx,al ;set to read from the desired plane
- mov ah,3fh ;DOS read from file function
- mov bx,[Handle]
- mov cx,DISPLAYED_SCREEN_SIZE ;# of bytes to read
- sub dx,dx ;start loading bytes at A000:0000
- push ds
- mov si,VGA_SEGMENT
- mov ds,si
- int 21h ;read the displayed portion of this plane
- pop ds
- jc ReadError
- cmp ax,DISPLAYED_SCREEN_SIZE ;did all bytes get read?
- jz RestoreLoopBottom
- ReadError:
- mov ah,9 ;DOS print string function
- mov dx,offset ErrMsg2
- int 21h ;notify about the error
- jmp short DoClose ;and done
- RestoreLoopBottom:
- mov al,[Plane]
- inc ax ;point to the next plane
- mov [Plane],al
- cmp al,3 ;have we done all planes?
- jbe RestoreLoop ;no, so do the next plane
- ;
- ; Close SNAPSHOT.SCR.
- ;
- DoClose:
- mov ah,3eh ;DOS close file function
- mov bx,[Handle]
- int 21h
- ;
- ; Wait for a keypress.
- ;
- mov ah,8 ;DOS input without echo function
- int 21h
- ;
- ; Restore text mode.
- ;
- mov ax,3
- int 10h
- ;
- ; Done.
- ;
- Done:
- mov ah,4ch ;DOS terminate function
- int 21h
- Start endp
- Code ends
- end Start
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