Re:640x480x16

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 08-01-92 (01:51)             Number: 121
From: RICH GELDREICH               Refer#: NONE
  To: MARK KO                       Recvd: NO  
Subj: Re:640x480x16                  Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

> I was wondering if you knew how to save the 640x480x16 VGA, not EGA,
> graphic screen? I know there are four pages like the EGA mode, put I
> don't how to access them.

    Well, you're right, there are 4 pages of video memory to save. Each
"bitplane" must be enabled and written to disk. Here goes:
 def seg=&ha000
 out &h3ce,4

 out &h3cf,0:bsave "plane0",0,38400
 out &h3cf,1:bsave "plane1",0,38400
 out &h3cf,2:bsave "plane2",0,38400
 out &h3cf,3:bsave "plane3",0,38400

 To load the images back in, use:

 def seg=&ha000
 out &h3c4,2

 Out &h3c5,1:bload "plane0"
 Out &h3c5,2:bload "plane1"
 Out &h3c5,4:bload "plane2"
 Out &h3c5,8:bload "plane3"

That's should do it. It's off the top of my head, so let me know if it
doesn't work...

    Also, you don't have to save the entire screen... If you only wanted
to save, say, 40 lines in the 640x480 mode, you would change the
"38400"'s to:

(640/8)*40 or 80*40 or 3200

 -Rich

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