DIRECT SCREEN WRITES

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 02-20-93 (11:38)             Number: 376
From: FRED DISANO                  Refer#: NONE
  To: KEVIN FOLEY                   Recvd: NO  
Subj: DIRECT SCREEN WRITES           Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

Hi Kevin, you went like..
 KF> Does anybody know how to use direct screen writes? I think it would use
 KF> OUTs, but that's all I know. If anybody has any code for printing
 KF> directly (without updating the cursor) in QuickBasic I would really
 KF> appreciate it.

well here's one in mode 13(320x200x256)

cls:screen 13
def seg=&hA000

for y=0 to 199
 for x=0 to 319
  pset (320*y)+x,21 <- 21 would be the color
 next
next

Hope this helps, it is as direct as QuickBasic gets...

FRed..


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