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Re: Mode 13h question

> Question: When plotting a pixel within that addressed memory, why doesn't
the
> pixel go to the system memory? Does the video card do funky stuff to
> intercept the memory call or something?
Nope.  The memory at 0xA000000L is the actually video_memory.  This is
actually putting a value in the actual video memory and is directly shown on
the screen.  The screen is constantly refreshed with what's in the video
memory.

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