Ch 10: Hardware Interrupts and PIC 8259

The VESA VBE 2.0 standard was developed to unify software interfaces for which category of graphics display modes?

In standard 16-bit High-Color modes, VESA organizes the 16 color bits per pixel in which color ratio format?

VESA VBE 2.0 is a software standard designed for managing which graphics mode?

What value must be loaded into register AH to invoke the BIOS INT 10h 'Write Graphics Pixel' service?

mov ah, 0x0c
mov al, 15
mov cx, 100
mov dx, 100
int 0x10

The VESA VBE 2.0 standard was developed to provide unified software interfaces for which category of graphics display modes?

VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) organizes 16 color bits per pixel in standard High-Color mode in which ratio format?

True or False: Both DS and ES can be used to access Video RAM, but by standard convention DS points to program data and ES is loaded with the segment selector of Video RAM (0xB800).

mov ax, 0xb800
mov es, ax

How many total characters are defined in the standard ASCII character set?

True or False: During a subroutine CALL operation, the current value of the Instruction Pointer (IP) is automatically saved onto the stack, and the target subroutine offset is loaded into the Instruction Pointer.

call my_subroutine

In computer display graphics architecture, what does the acronym VGA stand for?