Miscellaneous          index 06h  GRAPH

Layout b3-b2 MM Memory map
b1 COE Chain odd/even
b0 G/A Graphics/alphanumerics mode

- Memory map (bits 3-2)
The display memory is mapped into the host processor's memory
address space. The starting location and the length of the
display memory are set in this field.

b3 b2 Location Length
0 0 A000h-BFFFh 128 kb VGA
0 1 A000h-AFFFh 64 kb VGA + 2nd adapter
1 0 B000h-B7FFh 32 kb Hercules emul.
1 1 B800h-BFFFh 32 kb CGA emulation

- Chain odd/even (bit 1)
0 : Standard VGA addressing.
1 : Replace host address bit 0 with a higher-order address bit
so that even host addresses access even planes and odd
addresses access odd planes. Used for MDA emulation.

- Graphics/alphanumerics mode (bit 0)
0 : Select the alphanumeric mode of operation.
1 : Select the graphics mode of operation.