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6.8. The Save() function

The Save() function is used to extract the initial video state information when the server starts. The Save() function must complete the following actions:

  1. Ensure that Bank 0 is selected.
  2. Call vgaHWSave() to extract the generic VGA portion of the state information. This function is in the vgaHW.c file.
  3. Extract the chipset-specific portion of the state information.


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