Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/03/27/19:25:40
From: | Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Newsgroups: | rec.games.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Re: VBE Mode List
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Date: | Thu, 26 Mar 1998 19:20:55 +0000
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Adrian Francis writes:
>I have created a VBE interface in DJGPP but I am having problems with the
>VideoModePtr, which is a pointer to a list of available video modes.
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>I have read the VBE2.0 specification and it does not seem to state what sort of
>pointer this is. I have presumed that it is a real-mode far pointer but no
>matter what I try I cannot get access to the list.
Yes, it is a real mode seg:offset pair. You need to split it up into two
parts, convert to a linear address (using the formula seg*16 + offset),
and then use the dosmemget() or _farpeekw() functions to retrieve the
contents of the list.
>Can anyone help? A code snippet would be useful!
Look at the find_vesa_mode() function from the Allegro vesa.c file.
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Shawn Hargreaves - shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk - http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/
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