Re: Calling SUBROM routines from MSXDOS

[Anonymous]

> > But why would you want to call the SUBROM??? All routines there can be
> > written yourself quite easily...
> >
> > My motto: never use the BIOS unless it's really useful, because
> > BIOS-routines are SLOW and the interslot-calls to them are even SLOWER.
> >
> > Things like setting the palette can very easily be done manually,
without
>
> that is not true if you want to be 'compatible'. The palette has to be
> updated in VRAM also! The easiest way to do this, is to use the subrom
> for that. If your program is interrupted by a TSR, this program can
> determine the VDP's state (palette & registers) and restore them
> afterwards.

Well even that is very easy to make. Just do SetVDP_Write and then write the
values to the appropriate adress...


~Grauw



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