> > would get you a serial-console into the BIOS setup! Does anyone know if
> > a general BIOS setup screen uses INT10 or if it writes to video memory
> > directly?
>
> My humble guess is that it does use Int10 to ensure maximum compatibility
> with all kinds of video cards. The video bios is provided by the video
> board itself.
Definitly not. My AmiWinbios [highly broken, avoid if you can] does
tricks like arrow pointer in text mode. It definitely needs more than
int 10 interface.
Pavel
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