; Program to restore a mode 10h EGA graphics screen from ; the file SNAPSHOT.SCR. ; VGA_SEGMENT equ 0a000h SC_INDEX equ 3c4h ;Sequence Controller Index register MAP_MASK equ 2 ;Map Mask register index in SC DISPLAYED_SCREEN_SIZE equ (640/8)*350 ;# of displayed bytes per plane in a ; hi-res graphics screen ; stack segment para stack 'STACK' db 512 dup (?) stack ends ; Data segment word 'DATA' Filename db 'SNAPSHOT.SCR',0;name of file we're restoring from ErrMsg1 db "*** Couldn't open SNAPSHOT.SCR ***",0dh,0ah,'$' ErrMsg2 db '*** Error reading from SNAPSHOT.SCR ***',0dh,0ah,'$' WaitKeyMsg db 0dh, 0ah, 'Done. Press any key to end...',0dh,0ah,'$' Handle dw ? ;handle of file we're restoring from Plane db ? ;plane being written Data ends ; Code segment assume cs:Code, ds:Data Start proc near mov ax,Data mov ds,ax ; ; Go to hi-res graphics mode. ; mov ax,10h ;AH = 0 means mode set, AL = 10h selects ; hi-res graphics mode int 10h ;BIOS video interrupt ; ; Open SNAPSHOT.SCR. ; mov ah,3dh ;DOS open file function mov dx,offset Filename sub al,al ;open for reading int 21h mov [Handle],ax ;save the handle jnc RestoreTheScreen ;we're ready to restore if no error mov ah,9 ;DOS print string function mov dx,offset ErrMsg1 int 21h ;notify of the error jmp short Done ;and done ; ; Loop through the 4 planes, making each writable in turn and ; reading it from disk. Note that all 4 planes are writable at ; A000:0000; the Map Mask register selects which planes are readable ; at any one time. We only make one plane readable at a time. ; RestoreTheScreen: mov [Plane],0 ;start with plane 0 RestoreLoop: mov dx,SC_INDEX mov al,MAP_MASK ;set SC Index to Map Mask register out dx,al inc dx mov cl,[Plane] ;get the # of the plane we want ; to restore mov al,1 shl al,cl ;set the bit enabling writes to ; only the one desired plane out dx,al ;set to read from desired plane mov ah,3fh ;DOS read from file function mov bx,[Handle] mov cx,DISPLAYED_SCREEN_SIZE;# of bytes to read sub dx,dx ;start loading bytes at A000:0000 push ds mov si,VGA_SEGMENT mov ds,si int 21h ;read the displayed portion of this plane pop ds jc ReadError cmp ax,DISPLAYED_SCREEN_SIZE;did all bytes get read? jz RestoreLoopBottom ReadError: mov ah,9 ;DOS print string function mov dx,offset ErrMsg2 int 21h ;notify about the error jmp short DoClose ;and done RestoreLoopBottom: mov al,[Plane] inc ax ;point to the next plane mov [Plane],al cmp al,3 ;have we done all planes? jbe RestoreLoop ;no, so do the next plane ; ; Close SNAPSHOT.SCR. ; DoClose: mov ah,3eh ;DOS close file function mov bx,[Handle] int 21h ; ; Wait for a keypress. ; mov ah,8 ;DOS input without echo function int 21h ; ; Restore text mode. ; mov ax,3 int 10h ; ; Done. ; Done: mov ah,4ch ;DOS terminate function int 21h Start endp Code ends end Start