video memory segment

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 05-24-92 (01:22)             Number: 143
From: MARK BUTLER                  Refer#: NONE
  To: JOHN GALLAS                   Recvd: NO  
Subj: video memory segment           Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

 On 05-22-92 JOHN GALLAS wrote to MARK BUTLER...

 MB>   FUNCTION CRT%
 MB>      IF (PEEK(1040) AND 48) = 48 THEN
 MB>          CRT = 0  '<-------- monochrome, use &HB000
 MB>      ELSE
 MB>          CRT = -1 '<-------- color, use &HB800
 MB>      END IF
 MB>   END FUNCTION

 JG>   I tried that on my monochrome monitor and it told me that I
 JG> had color. Then I ran my CGA simulator and it said that I had
 JG> monochrome.  So I think  you have the two mixed around, if the
 JG> above statement is true, then it will  be mono else color.

 ??? that's weird. I retested this again on my CGA (Crumby Graphics
 Abortion) equiped machine directly from the above snippet and the
 CRT% function kicked me back a -1 (for color). I have also tried this
 on a Herc compatible mono card and got back a 0 from CRT% (for mono)
 I don't know what coulda went wrong for you. You say CRT% gave you a
 -1 on a mono card _before_ you ran the simcga software? I'm not even
 sure simcga should make a difference anyway but I really wouldn't
 know for sure since I've never used simcga type software. All I do
 know is that one is _supposed_ get a zero from CRT% on a mono-card.

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