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mike.dld

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mike.dld 17 Aug 2004, 10:37

I go to 0x12 graphics mode (640x480x16), then use Privalov's go32 and then trying to draw something but graphics address 0xA0000 seems not to be valid - if I'm drawing a pixel at (0,0) it appears somewhere else (bottom half of the screen, to the left). To draw normally, i need to use address 0xA0000-0x5F50 or some other value. How can I determine real graphics address?

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17 Aug 2004, 10:37

ASHLEY4

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ASHLEY4 17 Aug 2004, 11:00

Y not use vesa ?. Then you can program 640x480 16m, just as easy.
Let me know if you want some demo code, and what pc you have.

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17 Aug 2004, 11:00

mike.dld

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mike.dld 17 Aug 2004, 11:19

I meant 16 colors, not 16m colors
I have P-IV 1800@2400 & ATI Radeon 9000 64M

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17 Aug 2004, 11:19

ASHLEY4

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ASHLEY4 17 Aug 2004, 11:36

Yes, i know what you meant, but 16m is alot better than 16 color' Wink

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17 Aug 2004, 11:36

decard

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decard 17 Aug 2004, 11:39

doing graphics with 16 color mode isn't as easy, as it is not linear mode, so you have to learn some basics of using vga regs. Just now I can't find any article about it, but try this: http://brand107.home.comcast.net/pc-gpe/

take a look at "VGA" section, especially "Registers and Palette" and "ModeX".

17 Aug 2004, 11:39

mike.dld

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mike.dld 17 Aug 2004, 12:30

Thanks, decard, but i know this well. Look at this proc:

Code:

use32
; eax = x
; ebx = y
; ecx = color
put_pixel:
        push    ecx
        mov     ecx,eax
        pop     eax
        imul    ebx, 640*4
        lea     edx, [ebx+ecx*4]
        shr     edx,5
        mov     edi,edx
        add     edi,0x0a0000
        and     ecx,0x07
        mov     bl,al
        inc     cl
        mov     ax,0x100
        shr     ax,cl
        mov     dx,0x03cf
        out     dx,al
        mov     al,[edi]
        mov     [edi],bl
        ret

I just can't understand why it's not working properly e.g. eax=0, ebx=0, ecx=15 must put pixel on the top left corner of the screen but it's not Sad

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17 Aug 2004, 12:30

vid
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vid 20 Aug 2004, 20:21

in 16 colors CGA, there are 4 planes, each describing one part of color (red, green, blue and brightness). You can see how 16 colors are created in text mode, where 8 bit color describes two colors (foreground and background). Each plane is a bit-buffer, so you have to divide color number into bits, get byte index in plane, get bit index in byte, shift bit value, set bit in plane, and do that with 3 other planes.

In EGA, you have palette of 64 colors, from that only 6 can be chosen and used at the same time.

But this is only theory, i have never done something with CGA/EGA, i was just using EGA registers for pixel-scrolling in text mode. I think I had some TASM examples, but only with czech comments. I can look for them if you really need it.

20 Aug 2004, 20:21

neonz

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Location: Latvia

neonz 23 Aug 2004, 20:51

ASHLEY4 wrote:

Yes, i know what you meant, but 16m is alot better than 16 color' .

And requires newer video board with more video memory.

23 Aug 2004, 20:51

ASHLEY4

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ASHLEY4 24 Aug 2004, 01:43

This code will run on older machines, use's vesa 1, and can be run in realmode (5. 64k chunks)

Code:

 mov ax,4f02hÂ  ;set vesa 1.0 screen mode mov bx,101hÂ  ;640*480*256 int 10h  mov dx,0xa000 mov ds,dxÂ  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  ;sets up registers call window rain: xor dx,dxÂ  Â  Â  ;(pages-1)  mouse: push dx call window xor bx,bx mov al, 0cch call dog pop dx cmp dx,4 je rain inc dx mov ah,01h int 16hÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  ; have we pressed a key,if no then loop jz mouse  mov ax,0003hÂ Â Â Â Â Â  ;back to text mode. int 10h  mov ax,4c00hÂ  Â  Â  ; This is just  int 21hÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  ; for test ,take it out in your OS   window: mov ax,4f05hÂ  Â  ;vesa 1 window select mov bx,0 int 10hÂ  Â  Â  Â  ;dx isÂ  the reqired window xor bx,bx ret  dog:Â  Â  Â  Â  ;(4*2^16)+45056 pixels mov [bx],al inc bx cmp bx,$00000 jne dog ret

And give's 640x480x256, better than 16.

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24 Aug 2004, 01:43

neonz

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neonz 24 Aug 2004, 22:05

ASHLEY4 wrote:

And give's 640x480x256, better than 16.

And will not work on 1) non-VESA adapters, 2) 256 KiB VESA adapters (where even 800x600x16 VESA would work).

24 Aug 2004, 22:05

Matrix

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Matrix 16 Sep 2004, 11:38

Ashley,
i have made your code a little better:

Code:


_640x480x256=$101

org $100
push es

mov bx,_640x480x256
call bsetvesamode

; mov dx,0xa000
; mov ds,dx              ;sets up registers

 xor dx,dx      ;(pages-1)
 call bselectwindow
 mov al,100
 pages:
 xor dx,dx      ;(pages-1)
 inc al
 top:
 push dx
 push ax
 call bselectwindow
 pop ax
 xor bx,bx
; mov al,0cch
 call dowhat
 pop dx
 cmp dx,4
 je pages
 inc dx
 push ax
 mov ah,11h
 int 16h                   ; have we pressed a key,if no then loop
 pop ax
 jz top

 pop es
 mov ax,0003h       ;back to text mode.
 int 10h

 mov ax,4c00h      ; This is just
 int 21h                ; for test ,take it out in your OS

 dowhat:        ;(4*2^16)+45056 pixels
 push $a000
 pop es
 mov ah,al
 push ax
 shl eax,16
 pop ax
 mov [es:bx],eax
 add bx,4
 or bx,bx
 jnz dowhat
 ret


bsetvesamode: ; bx=mode number
mov ax,4f02h  ;set vesa 1.0 screen mode
 int 10h
ret

bselectwindow:
 mov ax,4f05h    ;vesa 1 window select
 xor bx,bx
 int 10h        ;dx is  the reqired window
 xor bx,bx
 ret

MATRIX

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16 Sep 2004, 11:38

Matrix

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Matrix 16 Sep 2004, 11:57

Here it is with no flicker

Code:


_640x480x256=$101

org $100
push es
 push $a000
 pop es

mov bx,_640x480x256
call bsetvesamode

; mov dx,0xa000
; mov ds,dx              ;sets up registers

 xor dx,dx      ;(pages-1)
 call bselectwindow
 mov al,100
 pages:
 xor dx,dx      ;(pages-1)
 inc al

push dx
push ax
 call waitvretrace
pop ax
pop dx

 top:
 push dx
 push ax
 call bselectwindow
 pop ax
 xor bx,bx
; mov al,0cch
 call dowhat
 pop dx
 cmp dx,4
 je pages
 inc dx
 push ax
 mov ah,11h
 int 16h                   ; have we pressed a key,if no then loop
 pop ax
 jz top

 pop es
 mov ax,0003h       ;back to text mode.
 int 10h

 mov ax,4c00h      ; This is just
 int 21h                ; for test ,take it out in your OS

; dowhat:        ;(4*2^16)+45056 pixels
; push $a000
; pop es
; mov ah,al
; push ax
; shl eax,16
; pop ax
; mov [es:bx],eax
; add bx,4
; or bx,bx
; jnz dowhat
; ret

 dowhat:        ;(4*2^16)+45056 pixels
 mov ah,al
 push ax
 shl eax,16
 pop ax
 mov ecx,16384
 xor di,di
 rep stosd
 ret


bsetvesamode: ; bx=mode number
mov ax,4f02h  ;set vesa 1.0 screen mode
 int 10h
ret

bselectwindow:
 mov ax,4f05h    ;vesa 1 window select
 xor bx,bx
 int 10h        ;dx is  the reqired window
 xor bx,bx
 ret

waitvretrace:
     mov dx,3dah
.v1: in al,dx
     and al,08h
     jnz .v1
.v2: in al,dx
     and al,08h
     jz .v2
ret

MATRIX

16 Sep 2004, 11:57

Matrix

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Matrix 23 Oct 2004, 15:41

Sorry ASHLEY4, i'm moderating myself too

23 Oct 2004, 15:41

ASHLEY4

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Posts: 376
Location: UK

ASHLEY4 24 Oct 2004, 02:08

It's the way i code, i start by writing the code all neat and tidy, with full comments, if it works like i think it should, thats ok.
But if it does not work, i start chopping and deselecting bits, to try and find the problem,
and this it when bits get left behind Rolling Eyes

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24 Oct 2004, 02:08

Japheth

Joined: 26 Oct 2004
Posts: 151

Japheth 26 Oct 2004, 10:52

The reason for this error seems to be that DS hasn't a base address of 0. I don't know Go32, so it is just a guess.

26 Oct 2004, 10:52

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