Real mode assembly appendix A

This is the appendix of the real mode assembly bare bones series, containing nifty tidbits of information, code, and ideas.

Links to other articles with code

• Printing to the screen without a db
• Far Call Trick

Code

Text in 640x480 16-colour graphics mode

VGA video mode 12h is a 640x480 resolution, in which (with a little tweaking) can be used with your string printing function. All you have to do is add a mov bh,07h to allow regular coloured printing in graphics mode. At the moment, the cursor is disabled. You must find a way to eliminate it or do up a function specifically for printing in graphics mode.