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From: datanguay@watdaisy.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EGA: How do I find the values of the colour registers?
Message-ID: <8320@watdaisy.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-May-87 03:10:37 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 17 03:10:37 1987
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In article <317@nonvon.UUCP>, apn@nonvon.UUCP (root) writes:
> in article <8314@watdaisy.UUCP>, datanguay@watdaisy.UUCP says:
> > 
> > In EGA Bios ram there is a pointer at 0040:00a8 which points to a table
> > of pointers. The second of these pointers points to a buffer into which
> > the values for the palette registers will be saved. How do I get bios
> > to do the save? I have tried setting up my own pointer table (by changing
> > the pointer at 04:00a8 to another set of pointers with my own values) and
> > then setting a register. I also tried int 10h ah=12h bl=10 (both hex and
> > decimal), which is a call to return ega info.
> > 
> 
> How about using int 10, ah=10,al=0,bh=color value, bl=palette register
> or if setting all of them then try
> [....]

Oops. Sorry for the lack of clarity, but I want to *read* the values of the
palette registers, not write them. Thanks...

David Tanguay