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From : Emmanuel Roussin                    2:320/200.21         21 Apr 93  22:32 
To   : All                                                                       
Subj : redefined characters in CGA                                            
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After several tricks to redefine characters in EGA and VGA in this echo,
here is one you can use in CGA mode 4,5,6. You will find an unit, and a
test program.

UNIT graftabl;

{
released into the public domain
author : Emmanuel ROUSSIN
FIDO   : 2:320/200.21
Email  : roussin@frmug.fr.mugnet.org

for using redefined characters (128 to 255)
in CGA mode 4,5 and 6 without using GRAFTABL.EXE
}

INTERFACE

TYPE Tcaractere8 = array [1..8] of byte;
       Tgraftabl = array [128..255] of Tcaractere8;

{
 if you want to use only one font, define it in this unit,
 for example :

 CONST
  the_only_font : Tgraftabl = (
                              (x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x),
                              .
                              .
                              (x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x),
                              (x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x)
                              );

 Or you can in your main program :

 VAR my_font : Tgraftabl;

 and define it after
}

VAR seg_graftabl,
    ofs_graftabl : word;

{internal procedures}

procedure get_graftabl(VAR segment, offset : word);
procedure put_graftabl(segment, offset : word);

{procedures to use in your programs}

procedure init_graftabl;
procedure use_graftabl(VAR aray : Tgraftabl);
procedure end_graftabl;

IMPLEMENTATION

procedure get_graftabl(VAR segment, offset : word);
BEGIN
  segment:=memw[0:$1F*4+2];
  offset:=memw[0:$1f*4];
END;

procedure put_graftabl(segment, offset : word);
BEGIN
  memw[0:$1f*4+2]:=segment;
  memw[0:$1f*4]:=offset
END;

procedure init_graftabl;
{
 interrupt 1F is a pointer to bitmaps
 for high 128 chars (8 bytes per character)
 defined by GRAFTABL.EXE
 we save this initial pointer
}
BEGIN
  get_graftabl(seg_graftabl,ofs_graftabl);
END;

procedure use_graftabl(VAR aray : Tgraftabl);
{
 we define a new pointer : the address of an array
}
BEGIN
  put_graftabl(seg(aray),ofs(aray));
END;

procedure end_graftabl;
{
 we restore the original pointer
}
BEGIN
  put_graftabl(seg_graftabl,ofs_graftabl);
END;

END.

program test;

uses graph3,crt,graftabl;


var font    : Tgraftabl;
    i,j,tmp : byte;
    rid     : char;

BEGIN
  hires;
  init_graftabl;
  fillchar(font,sizeof(font),0);
  use_graftabl(font);

  {
   $F000:$FA6E is the ROM address where
   the characters 0 to 127 are defined
  }

  for i:=1 to 26 do
   for j:=0 to 7 do
   BEGIN
     tmp:=mem[$F000:$FA6E+97*8+(i-1)*8+j] xor $FF;
     tmp:=tmp xor $FF;
     tmp:=tmp or (tmp div 2);
     font[i+127,j+1]:=tmp;
     {
      char 128 to 153 are redefined
     }
   END;

  for i:=1 to 26 do
   for j:=0 to 7 do
   BEGIN
     tmp:=mem[$F000:$FA6E+97*8+(i-1)*8+j] or $55;
     font[i+153,j+1]:=tmp;
     {
      char 154 to 181 are redefined
     }
   END;
  writeln('the normal characters ($61 to $7A) :');
  writeln;
  for i:=$61 to $7A do write(chr(i));
  writeln; writeln;
  writeln('now, these same characters, but thick :');
  writeln;
  for i:=128 to 153 do write(chr(i));
  writeln; writeln;
  writeln('the same characters, but greyed :');
  writeln;
  for i:=154 to 181 do write(chr(i));
  rid:=readkey;
  end_graftabl;
  textmode(co80);
END.

--- GEcho 1.00
 * Origin:  echanger un bubulle contre deux li'll, jamais !  (2:320/200.21)