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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: davidg@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org, phk@ref.tfs.com,
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Subject: Re: Pouls info request on cache issue
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>Umm, you guys don't use INT 10 to display those messages do you?
>INT 10 tinkers with a lot of things, including A20 line.

No.  That makes the BIOS-preservation bug more surprising.  The
screen is written to directly but the BIOS row and column variables
are used instead of private variables!

Does INT 10 really tinker with a lot of things if you just write
a character [and attribute]?

Bruce