vga_text

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In the last couple of days, I have seen references to vga_text.spin.· Is this much different than vga.spin?· Where can I find a copy of vga_text?

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Paul Baker

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=587354

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Mike Green

I believe it's in this archive along with a lot of other useful stuff: <http://forums.parallax.com/forums/attach.aspx?a=7935>. "vga.spin" is the basic vga driver. "vga_text.spin" is a text output object that uses vga to put the data on the screen. It's a low resolution object that's meant to be roughly equivalent to "tv_text.spin" with the same methods (like .str, .out, .dec, etc.). There are several other vga drivers including a high resolution text driver and several graphics drivers. The main problem with the others is that they take a lot of memory for the bitmap and/or text buffers. The high resolution text driver is meant to allow a lot of text on the screen while leaving enough memory to have a substantial program to use it as well.