Screen resolution mode

[modalman]

Hi. Does anyone know the procedure for changing the screens resolution to 800x600 and 16 bit colour? I am using nasm for windows in 32 bit mode. The max I can get at the mo is 320x160 at 8 bit using:

MOV AH, 00H
MOV AL, 13H
INT 10H

Many thanks in advance. ASCII silly question, get a silly ANSI

 

[Bertv100]

Check out

http://www.vesa.org

and download the VBE specifications file (.pdf format).
Regards,
Bert Vingerhoets
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http://www.geocities.com/thevhbcompany/

Don't worry what people think about you. They're too busy wondering what you think about them.

 

[AmkG]

That's mode 6ah in the VESA specifications. Unfortunately you need to be sure you have a VESA BIOS before 6ah can be enabled using the Classic video mode set interrupt. I forgot the VESA mode for that resolution, however.

Note that there are in fact two set video mode interrupts, one of them is the Classic Mode Set, which you have, and the VESA Extended Mode Set, whose number I also forgot. Anyway, you can search for it in Ralph Brown's Interrupt List, which also includes a table of standard VESA resolutions.

Note that setting the screen mode is only one step in graphical programming. "Information has a tendency to be free. Which means someone will always tell you something you don't want to know."

 

[modalman]

Thanks guys. Much appreciated ASCII silly question, get a silly ANSI