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Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
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How to write directly to video memory using "debug.exe" in MS-DOS?

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Jacob Krall
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Stephen Kitt
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The base address for the video memory in MS-DOS is 0xB8000. I am trying to write to this address using debug.exe, but I am getting an error:

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1165:0103 mov [b8000],ax
                   ^ Error

The base address for the video memory in MS-DOS is 0xB8000. I am trying to write to this address using debug.exe, but I am getting an error:

enter image description here

The base address for the video memory in MS-DOS is 0xB8000. I am trying to write to this address using debug.exe, but I am getting an error:

1165:0103 mov [b8000],ax
                   ^ Error
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