Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!hafro!krafla!frisk
From: frisk@rhi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Identifying VGA
Message-ID: <100@krafla.rhi.is>
Date: 13 Dec 87 11:39:28 GMT
Reply-To: frisk@rhi.UUCP (Fridrik Skulason)
Organization: University of Iceland (RHI)
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In the november issue of Dr.Dobb's Journal there is an article on how to
identify the video adaptor in your PC. They cover EGA,CGA,MDA,Compaq and
Hercules(mono).

What I need is information on how to find out if a VGA (or a PGA) adaptor
is installed.

Also - can someone tell me how to obtain the current cursor position directly
from these adaptors. That is - I need the location of the 6845 registers.

The reason I can not use the INT10 function provided is that my program has
to work with some TSR programs that access the hardware directly.

Thanks... 
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         Fridrik Skulason          University of Iceland
         UUCP  frisk@rhi.uucp      BIX  frisk

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