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From:	bwalters AT ramlink DOT net (Brian Walters)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	gs segment selector points to conventional memory area
Date:	21 Feb 1996 06:17:50 GMT
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  In assembly, I noticed that the segment selector, gs, points to
the conventional memory area. It is normally pointed to by
_go32_conventional_mem_selector(). I have successfully accessed video
memory area at 0xA0000 using the segment selector in gs.
  My question is: Is it safe to use gs as the conventional memory
selector? At what conditions will gs change? Someone posted a question
similar to this a while ago, and I have not seen any answer yet. Any
insights will be appreciated.

  Brian Walters

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