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* 13h is VGA mode, which uses one byte per pixel, 256 colors, and has a resolution of 320x200 pixels.
 
Some other trivia about changing video modes:
 
Some other trivia about changing video modes:
 
* Using the above command to switch video modes to the same video mode you're already in will wipe the screen of all graphics, reset the text cursor, and, for VGA mode, reloads the standard VGA palette, destroying whatever user-defined palette was stored in the graphics card's memory. "Switching" to the same video mode again is a quick and easy way to clear the screen.
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