--- In [email protected], "Paul Herring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 8/8/06, Victor A. Wagner Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > At 23:40 2006-08-07, prajyot neve wrote:
> > >Hi Nilesh,
> > >
> > >Thanks for your positive reply.
> > >Can i get this book online???
> >
> > it is unlikely that a book that writes directly to the"VGA memory" on
> > a DOS machine will be of much help.
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to get the computer to do that instead?
> 
> ;)

Well, of course!

BTW, I've read that book and IIRC, the author said that writing
directly to VGA memory directly makes the program/process efficient
because there is no overhead of calling a function(like printf). And
because its a system software, it necessary for it to be efficient.

Not that I support his views.


Sharath A.V






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