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From: doug@ozdaltx.UUCP (Doug Matlock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: how do I create fonts for CGA ?
Summary: Not possible?
Message-ID: <6345@ozdaltx.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 90 15:09:41 GMT
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In article <8387@uswat.UUCP>, rolan@gauss.uswest.com (Rolan Christofferson) writes:
> I would like to change the font from the IBM character set to something else.
> Where is the character set stored in memory?  I have seen font editors for EGA
> and VGA, but I am stuck with a lowly CGA, so those editors are no good to me.
> 
> Am I attempting to do something easy or difficult?
> 
> 			       -=+[ rolan ]+=-

In "Programmer's Guide to the EGA/VGA", I read that the character generator 
for CGA is in ROM.  I guess this implies that it is not possible to
modify the characters, whereas it is fairly simple to do so on the
EGA/VGA which stores its character generator in RAM.


-- 
Doug.

"If you want Peace, work for Justice."