INT 10 - VIDEO - READ CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTE ATIBM PC AT CURSOR POSITION AH = 08h BH = page number (00h to number of pages - 1) (see #00010) Return: AH = character's attribute (text mode only) (see #00014) AH = character's color (Tandy 2000 graphics mode only) AL = character Notes: for monochrome displays, a foreground of 1 with background 0 is underlined the blink bit may be reprogrammed to enable intense background colors using AX=1003h or by programming the CRT controller the foreground intensity bit (3) can be programmed to switch between character sets A and B on EGAEnhanced Graphics Adapter(Enhanced Graphics Adapter) IBMInternational Busiuness Machines's second color video board for the IBMInternational Busiuness Machines PCIBM PC family, capable of a maximum resolution of 640x350 pixels in 16 simultaneous colors of a total of 64 possible colors. and VGAVideo Graphics Array(Video Graphics Array) The video adapter introduced with the IBMInternational Busiuness Machines PS/2IBM PS/2, any model series of computers. cards, thus enabling 512 simultaneous characters on screen. In this case the bit's usual function (intensity) is regularly turned off. in graphics modes, only characters drawn with white foreground pixels are matched by the pattern-comparison routine on the Tandy 2000, BH=FFh specifies that the current page should be used because of the IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. specifications, there may exist some clone BIOSes which do not preserve SI or DI; the Novell DOS kernel preserves SI, DI, and BP before many INT 10h calls to avoid problems due to those registers not being preserved by the BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly.. BUG: some IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCIBM PC ROM(Read-Only Memory) A memory for program storage which may not be changed by the program as it runs. BIOSes destroy BP when in graphics modes SeeAlso: AH=09h,AX=1003h,AX=1103h,AH=12h/BL=37h,AX=5001h Bitfields for character's display attribute: Bit(s) Description (Table 00014) 7 foreground blink or (alternate) background bright (see also AX=1003h) 6-4 background color (see #00015) 3 foreground bright or (alternate) alternate character set (see AX=1103h) 2-0 foreground color (see #00015) SeeAlso: #00026 (Table 00015) Values for character color: Normal Bright 000b black dark gray 001b blue light blue 010b green light green 011b cyan light cyan 100b red light red 101b magenta light magenta 110b brown yellow 111b light gray white