OpenEuphoria

Re: Vitrual screen pages

• Posted by David Alan Gay <moggie at INTERLOG.COM> Mar 12, 1997
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> I'm looking to write some sort of game in 320x200x256 resolution but
> video_config() only reports 1 page (numbered 0) that I can work with.
> Will it make a difference if I use use_vesa(1)? Any ideas or tips?
>
> Matt Sephton

use_vesa() only makes your program use the Video Electonics Standards
Association setup for screen access instead of accessing the hardware
directly. The number of pages available per screen mode is a feature of
your video card and is not affected by use_vesa(1) as a result.

If you are looking for ways to create multiple virtual screen pages,
Michael Packard's $40 dollar version of OIdzone comes with a manual that
talks about virtual pages and how to clip and paste images to them before
writing the screen out. I've purchased it and it is a good source of
information for what you are looking for.

Thanks

David Gay
http://www.interlog.com/~moggie/Euphoria