{ > How would one find the diffrence between a 43 line monitor and a 50 > line monitor? At least VGA is required for 50 lines of 16-color text. At least EGA is required for the 43 lines. Simply test the video BIOS to identify a VGA. Those displays use an 8x8 font so multiply the number of lines by 8. VGA 50*8 = 400 lines which is greater than EGA vertical resolution of 350. For 25 line display, VGA uses 8x16y font and EGA uses 8x14y font. } procedure OnlyVGA; assembler; asm @CheckForVga: {push es} mov AH,1ah {Get Display Combination Code} mov AL,00h {AX := $1A00;} int 10h {Intr($10, Regs);} cmp AL,1ah {IsVGA:= (AL=$1A) AND((BL=7) OR(BL=8))} jne @NoVGA cmp BL,07h {VGA w/ monochrome analog display} je @VgaPresent cmp BL,08h {VGA w/ color analog display} je @VgaPresent @NoVGA: mov ax,0003h {text mode} int 10h push cs pop ds lea dx,@message mov ah,9 int 21h {print $ terminated string} mov ax,4c00h int 21h {terminate} @message: db 'Sorry, but you need a VGA to see this!',10,13,24h @VgaPresent: {pop es} {After here is where your VGA code can execute} end; {OnlyVGA}