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;* DispText - Macro to display text at given screen coordinates.
;*
;* Shows:   Equates - @DataSize     @data
;*
;* Params:  row - Screen row (top line = 0)
;*          col - Screen column (leftmost column = 0)
;*          str - Pointer to ASCIIZ string
 
DispText MACRO row, col, str            ;; Macro definition
    IF @DataSize                        ;; If far pointer required,
        mov ax, @data                   ;;   pass data segment
        push ax
    ENDIF
    mov  ax, str                        ;; Pointer to ASCIIZ text
    push ax
    mov  ax, col                        ;; Screen column
    push ax
    mov  ax, row                        ;; Screen row
    push ax
    call StrWrite
    IF @DataSize
        add sp, 8                       ;; Clean stack for far data
    ELSE
        add sp, 6                       ;; Clean stack for near data
    ENDIF
ENDM
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