Commit: cb4574433d1faa6a5345362d66211108f9aaaa3c - project16 (git)

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Commit MetaInfo

• Revision: cb4574433d1faa6a5345362d66211108f9aaaa3c (tree)
• Time: 2016-04-17 15:53:43
• Author: Jonathan Campbell <jonathan@cast...>
• Commiter: Jonathan Campbell

Log Message

clear video RAM using pointer set after INT 10h + vga update, not
before. this fixes scribbling over VGA ROM BIOS and possible DOSBox
UMB corruption.

Change Summary

• modified: src/lib/modex16.c

Incremental Difference

--- a/src/lib/modex16.c
+++ b/src/lib/modex16.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ vgaGetMode()
 void modexEnter(sword vq, boolean cmem, global_game_variables_t *gv)
 {
 	word i;
-	dword far*ptr=(dword far*)vga_state.vga_graphics_ram;//VGA;      /* used for faster screen clearing */
 	struct vga_mode_params cm;
 	int CRTParmCount;
 
@@ -138,10 +137,12 @@ void modexEnter(sword vq, boolean cmem, global_game_variables_t *gv)
 	/* clear video memory */
 	switch (cmem)
 	{
-		case 1:
-		/* clear video memory */
-		vga_write_sequencer(2/*map mask register*/,0xf/*all 4 planes*/);
-		for(i=0; i<0x8000; i++) ptr[i] = 0x0000;
+		case 1: {
+			/* clear video memory */
+			dword far*ptr=(dword far*)vga_state.vga_graphics_ram;//VGA;      /* used for faster screen clearing */
+			vga_write_sequencer(2/*map mask register*/,0xf/*all 4 planes*/);
+			for(i = 0;i < 0x4000; i++) ptr[i] = 0x0000; // 0x4000 x dword = 64KB
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 	gv->video.page[0].tilesw = gv->video.page[0].sw/TILEWH;