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Interrupt number 10h (INT 10h)

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INT 10h / AH = 00h – Set Video Mode

INT  10h
Service no. 00		 Inputs any Description Example
AH=00 Set Video Mode AL=00 Text mode 40×25, 16 color, 8 pages  
AL=03 text mode. 80×25. 16 colors. 8 pages.  
AL=13h Graphical mode. 40×25. 256 colors. 320 x 200 pixels. 1 page. MOV AL, 13h
MOV AH, 0
INT 10h
AH=01h   Set text-mode cursor shape.  

INT 10h / AH = 01h – set text-mode cursor shape.

INT  10h
Service no. 01h		 Inputs any Description Example
AH=01h
Set text mode cursor shape		 CH Cursor start line(bit 0-4) and option (bit 5-7)
Cursor is visible if Bit 5 =0 else cursor is invisible		 ; hide Blinking text cursor:
MOV CH, 32
MOV AH, 1
INT 10h
; show standard Blinking text cursor:
MOV CH, 6
MOV CL, 7
MOV AH, 1
INT 10h
show box-shaped Blinking text cursor:
MOV CH, 0
MOV CL, 7
MOV AH, 1
INT 10h
CL Bottom cursor line(Bit 0-4)

INT 10h / AH = 2 – Set cursor position.

INT  10h
Service no.02h		 Inputs any Description Example
AH=02h
set cursor position.		 DH = row.
DH = column.		   MOV DH, 10
MOV DH, 20
MOV BH, 0
MOV AH, 2
INT 10h
BH = page number (0..7).  

INT 10h / AH = 03h – get cursor position and Size.

INT  10h
Service no.03h		 Inputs any Description Example
AH=03h
set cursor position.		 BH = page number.    
Return  
DH=row
DH=col
CH = cursor start line.
CL = cursor bottom line		    

INT 10h / AH = 05h – select active video page.

INT  10h
Service no. 05h
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=05h
select active video page.
AL = new page number (0..7).
Select active video page.
 

 INT 10h / AH = 06h – scroll up window.
INT 10h / AH = 07h – scroll down window.

INT  10h
Service no. 06h, 07h
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=06h scroll up window
AH=07h scroll down window
AL = number of lines by which to scroll (00h = Clear entire window).
BH = attribute used to write Blank lines at bottom of window.
CH, CL = row, column of window’s upper left corner.
DH, DH = row, column of window’s lower right corner
 
 

INT 10h / AH = 08h – read Character and attribute at cursor position.

INT  10h
Service no. 08h
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=08h
read Character and attribute at cursor position
input:
BH = page number.
return:
AH = attribute.
AL = Character.
 
 

INT 10h / AH = 09h – write Character and attribute at cursor position.

INT  10h
Service no. 09h
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=09h;
write Character and attribute at cursor position
input
AL =Character to Display.
BH =page number.
BL =attribute.
CX =number of times to write Character.
 
 

INT 10h / AH = 0Ah -write Character only at cursor position.

INT  10h
Service no. 0Ah
Inputs any
Description
Example
 

AH=0Ah
write Character only at cursor position
input:
AL = Character to Display.
BH = page number.
CX = number of times to write Character
 
 

 INT 10h / AH = 0CH – Change color for a Single pixel.

INT  10h
Service no. 0Ch
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=0CH
Change color for a Single pixel
input:
AL = pixel color
CX = column.
DX = row.
 
MOV AL, 13h
MOV AH, 0
INT 10h; set graphics video mode.
MOV AL, 1100b
MOV CX, 10
MOV DX, 20
MOV AH, 0CH
INT 10h; set pixel.

 INT 10h / AH = 0Dh – get color of a Single pixel. 

INT  10h
Service no. 0Dh
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=0Dh
get color of a Single pixel
input:
CX = column.
DX = row.
output:
AL = pixel color
 
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INT 10h / AH = 0Eh – Teletype output.

INT  10h
Service no.0Eh
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=0Eh
teletype output.
input:
AL = Character to write.
this functions DISPlays a Character on the screen, advancing the cursor and scrolling the screen as necessary. the printing is Always done to current active page.
MOV AL, ‘a’
MOV AH, 0eh
INT 10h
This function may not work well on some systems under graphics mode.

INT 10h / AH = 13h – write string.

INT  10h
Service no. 13h
Inputs any
Description
Example
AH=13h

write string.
input:
AL = write mode:
bit 0: update cursor after writing;
bit 1: string contains attributes.
BH = page number.
BL = attribute if string contains only Characters (bit 1 of AL is zero).
CX = number of Characters in string (attributes are not counted).
DH,DH = column, row at which to start writing.
ES:BP points to string to be printed.
 
MOV AL, 1
MOV BH, 0
MOV BL, 0011_1011b
MOV CX, msg1end – offset msg1; calculate message Size.
MOV DH, 10
MOV DH, 7
push cs
pop es
MOV BP, offset msg1
MOV AH, 13h
INT 10h
JMP msg1end
msg1 db ” hello, world! ”
msg1end:

INT 10h / AX = 1003h – Toggle intensity/Blinking.

INT  10h
Service no.1003h
Inputs any
Description
Example
AX = 1003h – toggle intensity/Blinking
input:
BL = write mode:
0: enable intensive  colors.
1: enable Blinking (not supported by the emulator and windows command prompt).
BH = 0 (to avoid problems on some adapters).
 
MOV AX, 1003h
MOV BX, 0 Disable Blinking
INT 10h

 

bit color table:
Character attribute is 8 bit value, low 4 bits set fore color, high 4 bits set background color.
note: the emulator and windows command line prompt do not support background Blinking, however to make colors look the same in dos and in full screen mode it is required to turn off the background Blinking.

Hex
Binary
COLOR NAME
0
0000
Black
1
0001
Blue
2
0010
Green
3
0011
Cyan
4
0100
Red
5
0101
Magenta
6
0110
Brown
7
0111
Light Gray
8
1000
Dark Gray
9
1001
Light Blue
A
1010
Light Green
B
1011
Light Cyan
C
1100
Light Red
D
1101
Light Magenta
E
1110
Yellow
F
1111
White

 

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