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Line 2: == VGA Resources == * [[:Category:VGA\|This wiki]] * [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=VGA+registers+programming&btnG=Google+Search Google Search '"VGA registers programming'"], * [http://myfiles.~~execpc~~osdev.~~com~~org/~~CE/AC~~mirrors/geezer/osd/graphics/index.htm OSD: Graphics] From [[Chris Giese]], containing many code snippets. * [http://web.archive.org/web/20140218012818/http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/camdean/pupils/amac/vga.htm Tutorial on VGA graphics] including basis of font and line rendering, palette setting, unchained mode, etc. * [https://github.com/FlingOS/FlingOS/tree/develop/Kernel/Libraries/Kernel.VGA FlingOS VGA Driver] has a good (low-performance but easy to read, protected-mode) VGA driver supporting text and graphical modes === [http://www.osdever.net/FreeVGA/vga/vga.htm Free VGA] === Line 18 ⟶ 20: * The VESA home page: http://www.vesa.org * Emulating VESA calls from protected mode: [[Virtual 8086 Mode]], or use a library like [https://github.com/wfeldt/libx86emu libx86emu]. Xfree86 used [https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/hw/xfree86/x86emu this code] to access VESA functions on Linux. ==== Selected coding tricks ==== * [http://myfiles.~~execpc~~osdev.~~com~~org/mirrors/~geezer/software/90x60.asm 90x60 text mode] from [[Chris Giese]] <geezer@execpc.com> * [http://myfiles.~~execpc~~osdev.~~com~~org/mirrors/~geezer/osd/graphics/modes.c Changing text/graphic mode ~~font~~and fonts] -- this also has code for switching video modes without bios