Text in graphics mode

[Lionel Pinkhard <lionelp@worldonline.co.za>]

Hi,

Can somebody please explain to me how to write text in a graphics mode?
I've figured out how to set the cursor (using a BIOS call! :-( ). But when
I tried to write to the screen using VGA BIOS call 0ah, I just got two
strings of repeating characters. I didn't bother messing around further,
since I'm quite sure there's a better way to do it than like this! I know,
from my own experience, that BIOS calls are SLOW! But I have to use them
on CGA and EGA modes (since I don't have any docs on CGA, and I'm still
trying to understand the EGA doc - I think EGA is the trickiest of them
all!) for the moment. Does anybody have any advice for me?

Kind regards,

Lionel Pinkhard

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