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From: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How can I tell what monitor there is?
Message-ID: <664@chyde.uwasa.fi>
Date: 27 Jul 89 20:50:54 GMT
References: <934@kosman.UUCP>
Reply-To: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK)
Organization: U of Vaasa, Finland
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In article <934@kosman.UUCP> kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) writes:
>Mainly, I want to know if I have color or not.  Right now, I don't care
>too much if it's CGA, EGA or VGA, but if there's a way to tell and you

The type of the monitor (color/mono) can be found out utilizing
interrupt 10Hex.  For details see, for example, Stephen O'Brien,
Turbo Pascal Advanced Programmer's Guide, page 55.  The interrupt is
the same whatever language you use.  Another good source is Norton &
Wilton, The New Peter Norton's Programmers Guide to the ibm PC. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi                                (Site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
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