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About this tutorial

David Brackeen wrote this tutorial for a Technical Writing course in 1996. Although the subject of VGA programming is out of date, this tutorial is still useful for teaching computer graphics, programming old-school DOS games, and developing hobbyist operating systems.

Disclaimer from the author: this material is more than ten years old and is not my best work. Some of the text could be worded differently for clarity and accuracy. Also, the code samples are not high quality, and the diagrams are often muddy or confusing.

Good luck, and have fun!