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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: How to -graphic resolution
Message-ID: <1991Mar17.204836.28689@uwasa.fi>
Date: 17 Mar 91 20:48:36 GMT
References: <91075.192419AARIE@BGUVM.BITNET>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <91075.192419AARIE@BGUVM.BITNET> AARIE@BGUVM.BITNET writes:
>
>  I'm writing a function plotting program and I'd like to take
>advantage of the largest graphic possible.

Just for general information.  There are many function plotting
programs already in existence including /pc/graphics/plot61.zip and
/pc/ts/tsfunc13.arc available from garbo.uwasa.fi archives. 

>  Is there a way to detect the current addapter(Hercules,EGA,VGA,etc.)
>and set the mode to the maximum screen size(mono is just fine) ?

Sure.  For example Turbo Pascal and Turbo C have inbuilt routines
for the task.  There are also separate programs for this task to be
found e.g. in /pc/sysinfo/infop145.zip and /pc/ts/util31.arc. 

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