Exam 16: Bios-Level Programming Assessment

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MS-Windows cannot run MS-DOS programs in full-screen mode.

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If you mix the colors red and green in the same attribute byte and set the intensity bit to 1,the resulting color is yellow.

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The default MS-DOS video display is 80 columns by 25 rows.

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INT 16h provides a way to inspect the keyboard buffer without actually removing a key.

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The fastest way to write characters to the video display is by calling INT 10h.

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In text mode,each character is assigned a separate attribute byte that determines its color.

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Character colors use 4 bits for the foreground color,and 4 bits for the background color.Blinking is controlled by a 9th bit that is not part of the attribute byte.

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The BIOS data area includes the keyboard typeahead buffer.

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INT 10h function 9 displays a character and attribute at the current cursor position.

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Keys stored in the keyboard typeahead buffer can only be retrieved by calling INT 16h.

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When a key is pressed at the keyboard,the keyboard controller chip produces an 8-bit scan code and sends it to the keyboard port.

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The INT 8h service routine retrieves the keyboard scan code and looks up the corresponding ASCII code.

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Memory-mapped graphics in Mode 13h permits 128 different integer values for each color.

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INT 16h permits characters to be redirected,so input can be read from a file.

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The BIOS data area includes the current video mode.

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